Medinipur Assembly constituency

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

Medinipur
Constituency No. 236 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Medinipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
LS constituency	Medinipur
Established	1957
Total electors	215,435
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sujoy Hazra
Elected year	2024

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 236 Medinipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Midnapore municipality, Chandra, Dherua, Monidaha and Tantigeria gram panchayats of Midnapore Sadar community development block and Bankibandh, Garhmal, Karnagarh, Kashijora and Shatpati gram panchayats of Salboni community development block.^[1]

Medinipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Medinipur	Anjali Khan	Indian National Congress[2]
1962		Syed Shamsul Bari	Indian National Congress[3]
1967		Kamakhya Charan Ghosh	Communist Party of India[4]
1969		Kamakhya Charan Ghosh	Communist Party of India[5]
1971		Biswanath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India[6]
1972		Biswanath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India[7]
1977		Bankim Behari Pal	Janata Party[8]
1982		Kamakhya Charan Ghosh	Communist Party of India[9]
1987		Kamakhya Charan Ghosh	Communist Party of India[10]
1991		Kamakhya Charan Ghosh	Communist Party of India[11]
1996		Purnendu Sengupta	Communist Party of India[12]
2001		Purnendu Sengupta	Communist Party of India[13]
2006		Santosh Rana	Communist Party of India[14]
2011		Mrigendra Nath Maiti	Trinamool Congress[15]
2016		Mrigendra Nath Maiti	Trinamool Congress[15]
2021		June Malia	Trinamool Congress
2024 By-poll		TBD	TBD

Election results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Medinipur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sujoy Hazra	115,104	53.44	2.72
	BJP	Subhajit Roy	81,108	37.65	2.86
	CPI	Mani Kuntal Khamrui	11,892	5.52	0.09
	INC	Shyamal kumar ghosh	3,959	1.84	New
	Independent	Nantu Kuila	717	0.33	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,624	1.22
Majority			33,996
Turnout			215,404
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Medinipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	June Malia	121,175	50.72
	BJP	Shamit Dash	96,778	40.51
	CPI	Tarun Kumar Ghosh	12,984	5.43
	NOTA	None of the above	3,928	1.64
	AMB	Sukesh Palmal	1,565	0.66
Majority			24,397	10.37
Turnout			2,39,132	85.39
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Medinipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mrigendra Nath Maiti	1,06,774	50.11
	CPI	Santosh Rana	73,787	34.63
	BJP	Tushar Mukherjee	22,567	10.59
	NOTA	None of the above	4,060	1.91
	AMB	Sova Das	2,172	1.02
Majority			32,987	15.48
Turnout			2,13,344	84.95
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Medinipur^[17][18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mrigendra Nath Maiti	1,03,060	54.43	+24.90
	CPI	Santosh Rana	74,840	39.53	−17.84
	BJP	Tusar Mukharjee	4,880	2.58
	IND	Sanjay Mishra	2,590	1.37
	LJP	Arun Kumar Adhikari	1,436	0.76
Majority			28,220	14.90
Turnout			1,89,467	87.95
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing	42.74

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Santosh Rana of CPI won the 223 Midnapore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rama Prasad Tewary of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Purnendu Sengupta of CPI defeated Gouri Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Dinen Roy of Congress in 1996. Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI defeated Raj Kumar Mishra of Congress in 1991, Samir Roy of Congress in 1987, and Samir Roy of ICS in 1982. Bankim Behari Pal of Janata Party defeated Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI in 1977.^[20]

1957-1972

Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Kamakhya Charan Ghosh of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Syed Shamsul Bari of Congress won in 1962. Anjali Khan of Congress won in 1957.^[21]

References

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