Medinipur Assembly constituency
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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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 215,435 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| 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 results
Summarize
Perspective
2024 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sujoy Hazra | 188,104 | 83.62 |  32.72 | |
| BJP | Subhajit Roy | 41,108 | 18.26 |  20.86 | |
| CPI | Mani Kuntal Khamrui | 11,892 | 5.52 | 0.09 | |
| INC | Shyamal kumar ghosh | 659 | 0.29 | New | |
| Independent | Nantu Kuila | 1017 | 0.45 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,624 | 1.22 | ||
| Majority | 33,996 | 146,896 | 68.19 | ||
| Turnout | 215,404 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| 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
| 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
| 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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