# Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency

Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of South Dum Dum municipality.
Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Rajarhat | Pranab Prasad Roy | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | S.N.Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Khagendranath Mondal | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Khagendranath Mondal | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Tanmoy Mondal | West Bengal Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Rajarhat Gopalpur | Purnendo Bose | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Purnendo Bose | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Aditi Munshi | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Rajarhat Gopalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Aditi Munshi | 87,650 | 49.04 | +4.74 |
| | BJP | Samik Bhattacharya | 62,354 | 34.89 | +22.92 |
| | CPI(M) | Subhajit Dasgupta | 24,511 | 13.71 | −26.40 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,258 | 1.26 | −1.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,723 | 69.42 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat Gopalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Purnendu Bose | 72,793 | 44.30 | −15.46 |
| | CPI(M) | Nepaldev Bhattacharya | 65,919 | 40.11 | +4.12 |
| | BJP | Dilip Mitra | 19,683 | 11.97 | +9.42 |
| | Independent | Ranjit Kumar Dutta | 1,244 | 0.75 | N/A |
| | Independent | Shyamal Mondal | 895 | 0.54 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,780 | 2.30 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,874 | 4.19 | −19.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164,314 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Purnendo Bose | 89,829 | 59.76 | |
| | CPI(M) | Rabindranath Mondal | 54,104 | 35.99 | |
| | BJP | Manoranjan Das | 3,837 | 2.55 | |
| | Independent | Sunil Kumar Paul | 785 | | |
| | Independent | Purnendu Basu | 613 | | |
| | Independent | Jahar Roy | 603 | | |
| | Independent | Abhijit Maity | 538 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,725 | 23.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,327 | 78.20 | |
| | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) |

### 1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M) won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing Congress in 1996, Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991, Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982 and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.

### 1962–1972 Rajarhat

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969. S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967. Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in 1962. Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.