Mathurapur was 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

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As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011. Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, for the now-defunct Mathurapur constituency in 2006.-References:...

 will cover most of Mathurapur

Mathurapur

Mathurapur I is an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mathurapur police station serves this block...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was part of 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).

1977-2006

In the 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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 and 2001 state assembly elections Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the 123 Mathurapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Satya Ranjan Bapuli of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Satya Ranjan Bapuli representing Congress

Indian National Congress

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 had won the seat five times in a row defeating Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991, Brindaban Bhandari of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, and Robin Mondal of SUC  in 1977.

1957-1972

Birendra Nath Halder of Congress won in 1972. Renupada Haldar of SUC won in 1971 and 1969. H.Haldar of Bangla Congress

Bangla Congress

The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...

 won in 1967. In 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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 Mathurapur had two seats. Bhusan Chandra Das of Congress won the Mathurapur South East seat. Brindaban Gayen of Congress won the Mathurapur North West (SC) seat. In 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

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 and in independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

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 Mathurapur was a joint seat. Bhusan Chandra Das and Brindaban Gayen, both of Congress won in 1957. Bhusan Chandra Das of KMPP

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India...

and Brindaban Gayen of Congress won in 1951.