Mahisadal Assembly constituency

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Mahisadal
Constituency No. 208 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyTamluk
Established1952
Total electors189,794
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Mahisadal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 208 Mahisadal Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Mahishadal and Haldia community development blocks.[1]

Mahisadal Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Mahisadal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tilak Kumar Chakraborty 101,986 46.49
BJP Biswanath Banerjee 99,600 45.41
ISF Bikram Chatterjee 13,796 6.29
NOTA None of the above 1,765 0.80
SUCI(C) Tapan Kumar Maity 982 0.45
Independent Phajlur Rahaman Sk. 788 0.38
Independent Koushik Das 438 0.20
Turnout 219,355
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mahisadal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar 94,827 48.10 -7.19
Independent Dr. Subrata Maiti 78,118 39.82
BJP Prasenjit Samanta 14,150 7.18 +3.84
Bharat Nirman Party Tapan Kumar Banerjee 2,832 1.44
NOTA None of the above 2,025 1.03
Independent Subrata Maity 1,918 0.97
PDS Sukumar Chaulya 1,362 0.69
SUCI(C) Tapan Maity 1,048 0.53
LJP Maslema Begam 866 0.44
Turnout 197,146 89.07 -2.08
AITC hold Swing

Dr. Subrata Maiti, contesting as an Independent candidate, was supported by the Left - Congress Alliance.

2011

In the 2011 elections, Dr.Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mahisadal [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar 95,640 55.29 +5.49#
CPI(M) Tamalika Panda Seth 67,478 39.01 -9.98
BJP Prasenjit Samanta 5,783 3.34
People’s Democratic Conference of India Sk. Ajad Ali 1,875
Independent Keramat Baks Mallik 1,436
PDS Sukumar Chaulya 78
Turnout 172,994 91.15
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 15.47#

Tamalika Panda Seth, the contesting CPIM candidate From Mahisadal, is wife of the CPI(M) strongman Lakshman Chandra Seth.[5]

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M) won the 204 Mahisadal assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhowmick of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated Dr. Subrata Maiti of CPI(M) in 2001. Sukumar Das of Congress defeated Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987. Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Ramani Mohan Maity of Congress in 1982. Saswati Bag of Janata Party defeated Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) in 1977.[6]

1951-1972

Ahindra Mishra of Congress won in 1972. Sushil Kumar Dhara representing Bangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and representing Congress in 1962. In 1957 Mahisadal was a dual seat. It was won by Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of PSP and Mahtab Chand Das of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, the Mahisadal seat was won by the Independent candidate, Kumar Deba Prosad Garga.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Mahisadal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mahisadal. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Mahisadal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Left Unlikely to Reverse Trend". The Statesman, 29 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  6. ^ "204 - Mahisadal Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.