Dhanekhali (archaic spelling: Dhaniakhali) is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Hooghly district

Hooghly District

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 in the India

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n state

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 197 Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhanekhali I, Dhanekhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s Dhaniakhali community development block

Community Development Block in India

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, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block.

Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)

Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

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2011

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

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, Ajit Patra of Forward Bloc

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 won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kripa Sindu Saha of Forward Bloc defeated Asima Patra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996 and 1991, and Kashinath Patra of Congress in 1987, 1982 and 1977.

1951-1972

Kashi Nath Patra of Congress won in 1972. Kashi Nath Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971. Kripa Sindhu Saha of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Birendra Chaudhury of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. In 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

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 Dhaniakhali was a double seat. It was won by Radha Nath Das and D.N.Mukherjee, both of Congress. In independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

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the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.