Falta Assembly constituency

Falta
Falta
Constituency No. 144 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Falta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1951
Total electors	236,667
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Debangshu Panda
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Falta Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

Party-wise wins in Falta Assembly constituency

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (8) (44.4%)
Indian National Congress (4) (22.2%)
All India Trinamool Congress (4) (22.2%)
Communist Party of India (1) (5.55%)
Bharatiya Janata Party (1) (5.55%)

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			71.20%
2021			56.35%
2016			50.15%
2011			55.61%
2006			45.70%
2001			43.55%

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Falta Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

Falta community development block
Bhadura Haridas and Kalatalahat gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development block

Falta Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1952	Jyotish Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India
1957	Khagendra Nath Das	Indian National Congress
1962	Khagendra Nath Das	Indian National Congress
1967	Jyotish Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
1971
1972	Mohini Mohan Parui	Indian National Congress
1977	Nimai Chandra Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	Nimai Chandra Das
1987	Arati Dasgupta
1991	Arati Dasgupta
1996	Sudhir Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress
2001	Tamonash Ghosh	Trinamool Congress
2006	Chandana Ghosh Dastidar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Tamonash Ghosh	Trinamool Congress
2016	Tamonash Ghosh
2021	Shankar Kumar Naskar
2026	Debangshu Panda	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Debangshu Panda	149,666	71.20	34.45
	CPI(M)	Sambhu Nath Kurmi	40,645	19.34
	INC	Abdur Razzak Molla	10,084	4.80	1.22
	AITC	Jahangir Khan^[a]	7,783	3.70	52.65
	Independent	Chandrakanta Roy	983	0.47
	NOTA	None of the above	784	0.37	0.20
	Independent	Dip Hati	247	0.12
Majority			1,09,021	51.86	32.26
Turnout			2,10,192	88.13	0.31
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shankar Kumar Naskar	117,179	56.35	6.2
	BJP	Bidhan Parui	76,405	36.75	28.37
	INC	Abdur Razzak Molla	7,452	3.58
	Independent	Mohammad Raquibul Hasan	1,677	0.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,185	0.57	0.39
Majority			40,774	19.6	7.07
Turnout			2,07,932	87.82	0.8
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tamonash Ghosh	94,381	50.15	5.46
	CPI(M)	Bidhan Parui	70,801	37.62	0.3
	BJP	Amarendra Nath Mukherjee	15,763	8.38	4.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,813	0.96
Majority			23,580	12.53	5.16
Turnout			1,88,183	88.62	2.98
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Tamonash Ghosh	86,966	55.61
	CPI(M)	Ardhendu Shekhar Bindu	59,295	37.92
	BJP	Ajit Kumar Haldar	5,389	3.45
	Independent	Gautam Dalui	2,886	1.85
	BSP	Chittaranjan Malik	1,839	1.18
Majority			27,671	17.69
Turnout			1,56,375	85.64
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Chandana Ghoshdastidar	51,814	45.70	+4.28
	AITC	Tamonash Ghosh	50,060	44.16	+0.61
	INC	Sudhir Bhattacherjee	11,494	10.14
Majority			1,754	1.55	−0.58
Turnout			113,368
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Tamonash Ghosh	43,697	43.55
	CPI(M)	Malina Mistry	41,559	41.42
	NCP	Sudhir Bhattacharjee	9,931	9.90
	BJP	Bitan Mondal	2,908	2.90
	Independent	Sukdev Pramanik	1,417	1.41
Majority			2,138	2.13
Turnout			100,332	72.24
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977-2006

In 2006,^[2] Chandana Ghosh Dastidar of CPI(M) won the Falta Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival Tamonash Ghosh of AITC. Tamonash Ghosh of AITC defeated Malina Mistry of CPI(M) in 2001.^[3] Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC defeated Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 1996.^[4] Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) defeated Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC in 1991^[5] and Dinabandhu Halder of INC in 1987.^[6] Nimai Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Asraf Ali of INC in 1982^[7] and Mohini Mohan Parui of INC in 1977.^[8]^[9]

1952-1972

Mohini Mohan Parui of INC won in 1972.^[10] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971,^[11] 1969^[12] and 1967.^[13] Khagendra Nath Das of INC won in 1962^[14] and 1957.^[15] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI won in 1952.^[16]

References

Notes

↑ AITC candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew himself from the election. However, since as per ECI schedule, last date to withdraw name was 13 April 2026, so the candidate's name still appeared on the EVM.

Citations

↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "118 - Falta Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[2] AITC candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew himself from the election. However, since as per ECI schedule, last date to withdraw name was 13 April 2026, so the candidate's name still appeared on the EVM.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[vidhansabha2006-3] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-4] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-5] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-6] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1987-7] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-8] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-9] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[10] "118 - Falta Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[vidhansabha1972-11] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-12] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-13] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-14] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1962-15] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1957-16] "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1952-17] "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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