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{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name                   = Magrahat Purba
| type                   = SLA
| map_image         = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Magrahat Purba.map}}
| map_caption            = Interactive Map Outlining Magrahat Purba Assembly Constituency
| map_alt                = 
| mla                    = [[Namita Saha]]
| party                  = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance               = 
| latest_election_year   = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state                  = [[West Bengal]]
| district               = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons          = [[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency|Jaynagar]]
| constituency_no        = 141
| established            = 1951
| electors               = 242,395
| reservation            = SC
| abolished              = 
}}

'''Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* [[Magrahat II]] community development block

Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 [[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
!colspan="4"|''Magrahat''
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Abdul Hashem
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Abdul Hashem
|-
|Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar
|-
!colspan="4"|''Magrahat Purba''
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Radhika Ranjan Pramanik]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|[[Manoranjan Halder]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Radhika Ranjan Pramanik]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="2"|Nirmal Sinha
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|Bansari Mohan Kanji
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Namita Saha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
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===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Magrahat Purba}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Namita Saha]]
  |votes      = 1,10,945
  |percentage = 53.82
  |change     = {{increase}}5.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Chandan Kumar Naskar
  |votes      = 56,866
  |percentage = 27.58
  |change     = {{increase}}22.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Chandan Saha
  |votes      = 33,822
  |percentage = 16.41
  |change     = {{decrease}}27.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above (India)
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
  |votes      = 1,480
  |percentage = 0.72
  |change     = {{decrease}}0.09
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  |candidate  = Sanjay Mandal
  |votes      = 1,209
  |percentage = 0.59
  |change     = {{down}}0.03
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 54,079
  |percentage = 26.24
  |change     = {{increase}}21.04
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 2,06,153
  |percentage = 85.00
  |change     = {{decrease}}1.66
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Trinamool Congress
  |loser  = 
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{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Magrahat Purba}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Namita Saha]]
  |votes      = 89,486
  |percentage = 48.70
  |change     = {{decrease}}0.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Chandan Saha
  |votes      = 79,926
  |percentage = 43.50
  |change     = {{decrease}}0.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Chandan Kumar Naskar
  |votes      = 9,460
  |percentage = 5.15
  |change     = {{increase}}2.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above (India)
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
  |votes      = 1,491
  |percentage = 0.81
  |change     = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Rabiram Naskar
  |votes      = 1,371
  |percentage = 0.75
  |change     = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India
  |candidate  = Sanjay Mandal
  |votes      = 1,133
  |percentage = 0.62
  |change     = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Pitam Mandal
  |votes      = 877
  |percentage = 0.48
  |change     = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 9,560
  |percentage = 5.2
  |change     = {{decrease}}0.91
 }}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,83,744
  |percentage = 86.66
  |change     = {{increase}}1.39
 }}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Trinamool Congress
  |loser  = 
  |swing  = 
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{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Magrahat Purba<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=141| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170852/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=141| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Magrahat Purba| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Namita Saha]]
  |votes      = 75,217
  |percentage = 49.68
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Chandan Saha
  |votes      = 66,414
  |percentage = 41.08
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Ratan Kumar Sardar
  |votes      = 4,476
  |percentage = 2.96
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Swapan Mondal
  |votes      = 1,419
  |percentage = 0.94
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Namita Mistri
  |votes      = 640
  |percentage = 0.42
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 8,803
  |percentage = 6.11
  |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,51,397
  |percentage = 85.27
  |change     = 
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{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner = Trinamool Congress
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing  = 
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{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Bansari Mohan Kanji of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Namita Saha of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]. Nirmal Sinha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Namita Saha of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Manoranjan Halder of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Nirmal Kanti Mondal of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf  |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and Manoranjan Halder of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp121.htm |title =121 - Magrahat East (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972===
Manoranjan Halder of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url     =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url    =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> In 1957 and 1952, Magrahat Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957,<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], won. In 1952, Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], won.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]