Deganga is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

 in the India

India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 120 Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kadambagachhi and Katra gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Barasat I

Barasat I (Community development block)

Barasat I is an administrative division in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Barasat police station serves this block...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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, and Amulia, Berachampa I, Berachampa II, Chakla, Chaurasi, Hadipur Jhikra I, Kalsur, Nur Nagar and Sohai-Shwetpur gram panchayats of Deganga community development block.

Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)

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2011

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Dr. Mortoza Hossain of AIFB

All India Forward Bloc

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 won the Deganga assembly seat defeating Mafidul Haque Sahaji of AITC

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc defeated Abdur Rouf of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Idris Ali of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996, and Ashanullah of Congress in 1991. A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML

Indian Union Muslim League

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 defeated Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc in 1987. Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc defeated A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUMUL in 1982. A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUMUL defeated Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc in 1977.

1951-1972

M. Shaukat Ali of Congress won in 1972. Harun-Or-Rashid Independent/Progressive Muslim League won in 1971 and 1969. J.Kabir of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Maulana Bazlur Rahman Durgapuri of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. Rafiuddin Ahmed and Atul Krishna Roy, both of Congress, won the Deganaga joint 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...

. In independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

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, Rafiuddin Ahmed of Congress won the Deganga seat.