Pingla Assembly constituency

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Pingla
Constituency No. 227 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Pingla Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
LS constituencyGhatal
Established1967
Total electors194,757
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Pingla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 227 Pingla Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui gram panchayats of Pingla community development block and Kharagpur II community development block.[1]

Pingla Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Pingla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ajit Maity 112,435 49.17 -1.73
BJP Antara Bhattacharya 105,779 46.26 +38.16
INC Samir Roy 7,103 3.11
NOTA None of the above 2,073 0.91 -0.11
SUCI(C) Sishir Kumar Manna 1,279 0.56 -0.64
Turnout 228,669 89.66 -0.84
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Pingla [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Saumen Kumar Mahapatra 104,416 50.90 +4.34
DSP(PC) Prabodh Chandra Sinha 80,198 39.10 -8.14
BJP Antara Bhattacharya 16,665 8.10 +3.84
SUCI(C) Ranjit Bankura 2,388 1.20
NOTA None of the above 2,118 1.02
Independent Kartik Chandra Dolai 1,474 0.70
Turnout 205,141 90.50 -1.60
AITC gain from DSP(PC) Swing

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

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pingla [2][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DSP(PC) Prabodh Chandra Sinha 84,737 47.24 -9.81
AITC Ajit Maity 83,504 46.56 +3.62
BJP Sambhunath Hansda 7,641 4.26
JMM Rabi Tudu 3,481
Turnout 179,364 92.10
DSP(PC) hold Swing -13.43#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ramapada Samanta of DSP(PC) won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the CPI(M) symbol defeated Swapan Dome of Congress in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing Janata Party defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.[7]

1967-1972

Bijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of CPI won in 1969 and 1967.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Pingla". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  7. ^ "217 - Pingla Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.