Mayureswar Assembly constituency

Mayureswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Mayureswar
Constituency No. 290 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Mayureswar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
LS constituency	Bolpur
Established	1962
Total electors	182,600
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Abhijit Ray
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 290 Mayureswar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Mayureswar I and Mayureswar II CD Blocks.^[1]

Mayureswar Assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Mayureswar	Gobardhan Das	Communist Party of India
1967		Kanai Saha	Indian National Congress
1969		Panchanan Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971		Lalchand Fulmali	Communist Party of India
1972		Lalchand Fulmali	Communist Party of India
1977		Panchanan Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982		Dhiren Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987		Dhiren Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991		Dhiren Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996		Dhiren Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bye-Election 1998		Bishnu Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001		Bishnu Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006		Sadhu Charan Bagdi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011		Asok Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016		Abhijit Roy	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Abhijit Roy	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mayureswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abhijit Ray	100,425	50.00	{{{change}}}
	BJP	Shyamapada Mandal	88,350	44.00
	ISF	Kashinath Pal	5,562	3.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,803	1.00
	BSP	Gopal Sarkar	2,285	1.00
Majority			12,075
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Ashok Kumar Ray of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Jatil Mondal of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mayureswar^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ashok Kumar Ray	67,478	42.31	−18.71
	AITC	Jatil Mondal	60,958	38.23
	BJP	Dudh Kumar Mondal	31,031	19.46	−7.57
Turnout			159,467	87.33
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	#

Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sadhu Charan Bagdi of CPI(M) won the Mayureswar (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Subhas Chandra Mandal of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bishnu Let of CPI(M) defeated Kestopada Bagdi of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Arjun Saha of BJP in 1996, Ajay Saha of BJP in 1991, Kamalakant Mondal of Congress/ ICS 1987 and 1982. Panchanan Let of CPI(M) defeated Gunakar Mandal of Janata Party in 1977.^[5]

1962–1972

Lalchand Fulamali of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Panchanan Let of CPI(M) won in 1969. Kanai Lal Saha of Congress won in 1967. Gobardhan Das of CPI won in 1962. Prior to that the constituency was not there.^[6]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
2. "Mayreswar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Muyreswar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Mayureswar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
5. "290 – Mayureswar (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.