# Palashipara Assembly constituency

Palashipara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 79 Palashipara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chanderghat and Patharghata II gram panchayats of Tehatta I CD Block, Tehatta II CD Block, and Bikrampur, Bilkumari, Dhananjaypur and Haranagar gram panchayats of Nakashipara CD Block.
Palashipara Assembly constituency is part of 12. Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1977 | Madhabendu Mahanta | CPI(M) |
| 1982 | Madhabendu Mahanta | CPI(M) |
| 1987 | Madhabendu Mahanta | CPI(M) |
| 1991 | Kamalendu Sanyal | CPI(M) |
| 1996 | Kamalendu Sanyal | CPI(M) |
| 2001 | Kamalendu Sanyal | CPI(M) |
| 2006 | Biswanath Ghosh | CPI(M) |
| 2011 | S. M. Saadi | CPI(M) |
| 2016 | Tapas Kumar Saha | AITC |
| 2021 | Dr. Manik Bhattacharya | AITC |
For MLAs in the area prior to 1977 see Tehatta Assembly constituency

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Palashipara constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Dr. Manik Bhattacharya | 110,274 | 54.17 | +9.18 |
| | BJP | Bibhas Chandra Mandal | 58938 | 28.95 | +21.27 |
| | CPI(M) | S. M. Saadi | 26228 | 12.88 | −29.06 |
| | SUCI(C) | Maniruzzaman Mondal | 1696 | 0.83 | −0.58 |
| | BSP | Ratikanta Thakur | 1690 | 0.83 | |
| | Independent | Panchanan Mandal | 301 | 0.15 | |
| | Independent | Bijoy Dutta | 916 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Ramesh Barman | 1688 | 0.83 | |
| | NOTA | | 1654 | 0.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 203652 | 83.17 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Tapas Kumar Saha of AITMC defeated previous M.L.A. S. M. Saadi of CPI(M)
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Palashipara constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | 82,122 | 44.99 |
| | CPI(M) | S. M. Saadi | 76,568 | 41.94 |
| | BJP | Bibhash Chandra Mandal | 14,028 | 7.68 |
| | SS | Monoj Roy | 3,117 | 1.71 |
| | SUCI(C) | Batshobha Sekh | 2,571 | 1.41 |
| | BSP | Dwijen Biswas | 1,576 | 0.86 |
| | SDPI | Fajlur Rahaman Sekh | 583 | 0.32 |
| | NOTA | | 1,990 | 1.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,560 | 83.67 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, S. M. Saadi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee of All India Trinamool Congress
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Palashipara constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | S. M. Saadi | 73,619 | 46.12 | −2.08 |
| | AITC | Prof. Manik Bhattacharya | 71,967 | 45.09 | −1.39# |
| | BJP | Arjun Kumar Biswas | 8,145 | 5.10 | |
| | BSP | Rati Kanta Thakur | 2,480 | | |
| | MLKSC | Shahjahan Mollick | 1,896 | | |
| | JD(U) | Jelhak Mahalder | 1,513 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,620 | 86.11 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -1.69# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Palashipara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC. Contests in most years were multicornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalendu Sanyal (Former Minister of State) of CPI(M) defeated Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC in 2001, Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1996 and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1991. Madhabendu Mahanta of CPI(M) defeated Kumaresh Chandra of Congress in 1987, and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1982 and 1977. Prior to that the constituency did not exist. Tehatta Assembly constituency existed in the area.