Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Sreerampur (archaic spelling:Serampore) 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 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
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 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...

.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 186 Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 3 to 19 and 25 of Serampore
Serampore
Serampore is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River...

 municipality, Rishra
Rishra
Rishra is an Tier Two Industrial Town and has a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

 municipality, Rajyadharpur and Rishra 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 Sreerampur-Uttarpara
Sreerampur-Uttarpara (community development block)
Sreerampur-Uttarpara is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sreerampur, Uttarpara, Dankuni and Rishra police stations servs this block. Headquarters of this block is at Sreerampur...

 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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Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Results

In the 2011 election , Dr.Sudipto Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Partha Sarathi Rej of CPI.

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Intervening by election not taken in to account because of lack of data.

1977-2009

In the 2009 by elections consequent to the election of Dr. Ratna De (Nag)
Ratna De (Nag)
Dr. Ratna De is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. She was elected as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Hooghly , which includes the Singur area....

 to Parliament from 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:...

, Dr. Sudipta Roy 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...

 won the 180 Serampore assembly seat.

In the state assembly elections, contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Ratna De (Nag) defeated Dhirendra Nath Dasgupta of CPI
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

 in 2006
West Bengal state assembly election, 2006
The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs...

 and Kesto Mukherjee, Independent, in 2001. Jyoti Chowdhury of Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 defeated Asimes Goswami 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...

 in 1996. Arun Kumar Goswami of Congress defeated Sanjay Deb Banerjee of Janata Dal
Janata Dal
Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 in 1991, Ajit Bag of CPI(M) in 1987, and Kamal Krishna Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) in 1982. Kamal Krishna Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated Gopal Das Nag of Congress in 1977.

1951-1972

Gopal Das Nag of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Panchu Gopal Bhaduri of CPI won in 1969. Gopal Das Nag of Congress won in 1967. Panchu Gopal Bhaduri of CPI won 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...

 and 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
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,...

Jitendra Nath Lahiri of Congress won the Serampore seat.
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