Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Tehatta is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Tehatta seat was there from 1951-1972 and was revived in 2011 as per orders of the Delimitation Commission.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.
Tehatta is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar.

Members of Legislative Assembly

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara and Chapra existed in the area.

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Mondal of Communist Party of India defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, Independent
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 and Chapra existed in the area.

1951–1972

Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972. Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI won in 1971. Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969. Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,1962 and 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.