Jaynagar (earlier spelt Joynagar) is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 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...

. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2011. Prior to that it was an open seat.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 136 Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Jaynagar Mazilpur

Jaynagar Mazilpur

Jaynagar Majilpur is a town and a municipality in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Both the places are also identified separately a Jaynagar and Majilpur...

  municipality, and Bele Durganagar, Futigoda, Gardoani, Mayahauri, Mayda, Sahajadapur gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s Jaynagar II

Jaynagar II (community development block)

Jaynagar II is an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jaynagar and Kultali police stations serve 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 3. Baharu Kshetra, Dakshin Barasat, Hari Narayanpur, Rajapur Korabeg, Sripur and Uttar Durgapur gram panchayats of Jaynagar I

Jaynagar I (community development block)

Jaynagar I is an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jaynagar and Kultali police stations serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Baru...

 community development block.

Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

2011

1977-2006

Debaparasad Sarkar of SUC has represented Joynagar assembly constituency from 1977 to 2006. He defeated his nearest rivals, Asish Ghosh of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 in 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Abul Hossain Laskar of CPI(M) in 2001, Rabindranath Basu of CPI (M) in 1996, Prasanta Sarkhel of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1991, Kumud Bhattacharjee of Congress/ ICS

Indian Congress (Socialist)

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  in 1987 and 1982, and Jantosh Chakraborti of Janata Party

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 in 1977,

1951-1972

Prosun Ghosh of Congress won in 1972. Subodh Banarjee

Subodh Banarjee

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 of SUC won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. In 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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 Joynagar had two seats. Jnantosh Chakravarti of Congress won the Joynagar North seat. Anadi Mohan Tanti of Congress won the Joynagar South (SC) seat. In 1957 and 1952 Joynagar had joint seats with one seat reserved for SC. 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...

 Subodh Banerjee and Renupada Halder, both of SUC, won. 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,...

, Subodh Banerjee and Dinataran Moni, both of SUC, won.