Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Patharpratima is an assembly
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....

 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...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission
Delimitation Commission of India
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, No. 130 Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Patharpratima community development block
Community Development Block in India
The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

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Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Mathurapur is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Mathurapur in West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.-Assembly segments:...

 (SC).

2011

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Jajneswar Das of (CPI(M)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

 won the Pathapratima assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Samir Kumar Jana of Trinamool Congress
All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gopal Krishna Dey of Congress
Indian National Congress
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 won the seat in 1996 defeating Janmejay Manna of CPI(M). In 1991 Janmejay Manna of CPI(M) defeated Banabehari Patra of Congress. Gunadhar Maity of CPI(M) won the seat in 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating Ananta Kumar Bera of Congress.

1967-1972

Satya Ranjan Bapuly of Congress won in 1972. Rabin Mondal of SUC won in 1971, 1969 and 1967 (shown as Independent in 1967 in Election Commission records).Prior to that the Patharpratima constituency was not there.
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