# Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency

Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of Rajpur Sonarpur municipality
* Banhooghly-I, Banhooghly-II, Kamrabad, Kheyadaha-I and Kheyadaha-II gram panchayats of Sonarpur community development block
Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency is a part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| Sonarpur ||||
| 1962 | Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Kansari Halder | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Nimai Chandra Mondal | Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Shyamal Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Sonarpur Uttar ||||
| 2011 | Firdousi Begum | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Firdousi Begum | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Firdousi Begum | Trinamool Congress |

## Election Results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sonarpur Uttar :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| AITC | Firdousi Begum | 119,957 | 49.88 |
| BJP | Ranjan Baidya | 83,867 | 34.87 |
| CPI(M) | Monalisa Sinha | 29,400 | 12.22 |
| AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Sonarpur Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Firdousi Begum | 101,939 | 50.31 | −5.09 |
| | CPI(M) | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | 77,059 | 38.03 | −1.33 |
| | BJP | Satyabrata Dutta | 15,218 | 7.51 | +5.78 |
| | BSP | Ajit Baul | 1770 | 0.87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 202,625 | 82.03 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Sonarpur Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Firdousi Begum | 89,841 | 55.4 | |
| | CPI(M) | Shyamal Naskar | 63,817 | 39.36 | |
| | BJP | Debasish Purkait | 3,618 | 1.73 | |
| | BSP | Ranjan Kumar Halder | 1,290 | | |
| | Independent | Shyamal Naskar | 1,276 | | |
| | Independent | Fakir Mohammed Laskar | 1,141 | | |
| | Independent | Manoj Kumar Dutta | 747 | | |
| | Independent | Bhushan Mondal | 42 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 162,155 | 82.32 | |
| | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2006

Legislative Assembly Election, 2006 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| CPI(M) | Shyamal Naskar | 1,13,146 | |
| AITC | Nirmal Chandra Mondal | 1,05,126 | |
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | {{{swing}}} |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2001

Legislative Assembly Election, 2001 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| AITC | Nirmal Chandra Mondal | 99,893 | |
| CPI(M) | Abha Mondal | 91,829 | |
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | {{{swing}}} |

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001, Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996 and 1991, and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982 and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969, and 1967. Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.