Bhatpara

Bhatpara (Bengali: ভাটপাড়া) is a suburban town and a municipality under Jagatdal police station of Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is situated on the bank of Hooghly river. It is known for its rich traditions in the field of Sanskrit learning. The name 'Bhatpara' originates from the ancient name "Bhatta-Palli", where 'Bhatta' denotes the sect of Bramhin Sanskrit pandits and 'palli' denotes locality or village. It is one of the oldest municipalities in West Bengal and it was constituted a municipality in 1899, when it was separated from the Naihati municipality. In the British era and afterwards, it had become an important industrial hub on Hoogly river bank, mainly for the high density of jute processing plants. It is also the home of prominent peoples like Swapan Chakladar.

Geography

Bhatpara is located at 22°52′N 88°25′E / 22.87°N 88.41°E / 22.87; 88.41. It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet). The main town is sandwiched between the Hoogly river in the east and railway track linking Sealdah and Krishnanagar in the west.

Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 105 Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos.1 to 17 of Bhatpara municipality.

Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Arjun Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nepaldeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Arjun Singh of Trinamool Congress won the Bhatpara assembly seat defeating Harimohan Nath of CPI (M) in 2006and Ramprasad Kundu of CPI (M) in 2001.Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bidyut Ganguly of CPI (M) defeated Dharampal Gupta of Congress in 1996and Kedar Singh of Congress 1991.Satyanarayan Singh of Congress defeated Siva Prasad Bhattacharya of CPI (M) in 1987.Sita Ram Gupta of CPI (M) defeated Debi Ghosal of Congress in 1982and Satya Narayan Singh of Congress in 1977.