Maniktala Assembly constituency

Maniktala Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Maniktala
Constituency No. 167 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Maniktala Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
LS constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Established	1951
Total electors	211,214
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Supti Pandey
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 167 Maniktala Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 31 and 32 of Kolkata municipal corporation.^[1]

Maniktala Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] Prior to the 2009 Indian general election it was part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Ranendra Nath Sen		Communist Party of India[3][4][5][6][7]
1957
1962	Ila Mitra
1967
1969
1971	Anila Debi		Communist Party of India[8]
1972	Ila Mitra		Communist Party of India[9]
1977	Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10][11][12][13]
1982	Shyamal Chakraborty
1987
1991
1996	Paresh Paul		Indian National Congress[14]
2001			All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006	Rupa Bagchi		Communist Party of India[16]
2011	Sadhan Pande		All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016
2021
2024^	Supti Pandey

^By election

Election results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Assembly by election : Maniktala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Supti Pandey	83,110	71.65	+20.83
	BJP	Kalyan Chaubey	20,798	17.93	−17.67
	CPI(M)	Rajib Majumder	9,502	8.19	−1.97
	NOTA	None of the above	1,023	0.88	−0.19
Majority			62,312	53.72	62,312
Turnout			1,15,991	53.7	−9.29
	AITC hold		Swing

The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20th February 2022. However, bypolls to the seat couldn't be held even after 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court alleging irregularities in polling & demanded a recount of votes. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 forbids holding any polls to the seat until any election petition concerning that seat hasn't been resolved at the court.^[18] On 29 April 2024, Choubey withdrew his election petition from the court, making way for bypoll to the seat.^[19]

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maniktala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sadhan Pande	67,577	50.82	+0.22
	BJP	Kalyan Chaubey	47,339	35.60	+23.05
	CPI(M)	Rupa Bagchi	13,513	10.16	−22.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,420	1.07	−1.10
	IND	Nimai Nath	783	0.59
Majority			20,238	15.22	−2.29
Turnout			1,33,110	62.99
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maniktala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sadhan Pande	73,157	50.60	−9.45
	CPI(M)	Rajib Majumder	47,846	33.09	−2.31
	BJP	Sunil Roy	18,149	12.55	+10.08
	NOTA	None of the above	3,141	2.17	New
	IND	Tarun Banerjee	920	0.64
Majority			25,311	17.51	−7.14
Turnout			1,44,587	69.70	−3.27
	AITC hold		Swing	-9.45

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maniktala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sadhan Pande	89,039	60.05
	CPI(M)	Rupa Bagchi	52,489	35.40
	BJP	Nandalal Singhania	3,663	2.47
	IND	Sanjay Bagchi	1,016	0.69
Majority			36,550	24.65
Turnout			1,48,273	72.97
	AITC win

References

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18. "HC rejects PIL demanding bypoll in Maniktala Assembly constituency". MillenniumPost. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
19. "Kalyan Chaubey withdraws poll petition". The Times of India. 30 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 July 2024.