Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Santipur is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of Santipur community development block.Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results2016In the 2016 elections, the 6 times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal Pradesh Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya. Arindam Bhattacharya a young leader and an International Trade Law expert registered a historical win over his rival, securing a historical 1,03,566 (52.25%) votes with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.2014 Bye-electionA bye-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.2011In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.