Arambag is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 200 Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Arambag

Arambag

Arambag is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the head quarter of Arambagh subdivision.-Geography:...

 municipality, and Arandi I, Arandi II, Batanal, Gaurhati I, Gaurhati II, Madhabpur,Mayapur I, Mayapur II, Malaypur I, Malaypur II, Salepur I, Salepur II and Tirol gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s of Arambagh

Arambagh (community development block)

Arambagh is an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Arambag police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Arambag...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Arambagh is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal.-Election results:Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:-Assembly segments:...

 (SC).

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Binoy Dutta of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Arambag assembly seat defeating Bibhabindu Nandi of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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 in 2006, Sk. Hasan Imam of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Abdus Sukkur of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Benode Das of CPI(M) defeated Jalim Singha Roy of Congress in 1991 and Abdul Mannan of Congress in 1987. Abdul Mannan of Congress defeated independent candidate Ranjit Chakraborty in 1982. Ajoy Kumar Dey of Janata Party

Janata Party

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 defeated Madan Kumar Saha of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951-1972

Prafulla Chandra Sen

Prafulla Chandra Sen

Prafulla Chandra Sen was a Bengali Indian politician and freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal during the period 1961–1967.-Background:...

 won the Arambag seat in 1972, 1971 and 1969. In a historic contest in 1967 Prafulla Chandra Sen, then the Congress Chief Minister, lost the Arambagh seat to Ajay Kumar Mukherjee

Ajoy Mukherjee

Ajoy Mukherjee was the fourth chief minister of West Bengal, India. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.He was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar , which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience...

 of Bangla Congress

Bangla Congress

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, who became the new Chief Minister, in the first United Front

United Front (1967)

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 government in the state. In 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1962 was a part of a series of state assembly elections in 1962.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

 Arambagh had two seats. Prafulla Chandra Sen of Congress won the Arambagh East seat and Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh West seat. In 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

 Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh seat. In independent India’s first general election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

 Arambagh had twin seats. These were won by Madan Mohan Saha of CPI

Communist Party of India

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and Radha Krishna Pal, Independent.