Tehatta 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 Nadia district

Nadia District

Nadia district is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of India. It borders with Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Bardhaman district to the west, and Murshidabad district to the north....

 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 Tehatta seat was there from 1951-1972 and was revived in 2011 as per orders of the Delimitation Commission.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 78 Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta 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 Tehatta I

Tehatta I (Community development block)

Tehatta I is an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tehatta police station serves this block...

 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...

 and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II

Karimpur II (Community development block)

Karimpur II is an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Karimpur, Thanapara and Murutia police stations serve this block...

 community development block.

Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

1977-2006

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Palashipara is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...

 existed in the area.

1951–1972

Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 won in 1972. Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won in 1971. Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969. Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967, 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,...

, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.