Sankrail Assembly constituency

Sankrail is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Sankrail
Constituency No. 174 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Sankrail Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
LS constituency	Howrah
Established	1951
Total electors	211,076
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Priya Paul
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 174 Sankrail Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Andul, Banpur I, Banpur II, Dakshin Sankrail, Dhulagari, Kandua, Manikpur, Mashila, Nalpur, Raghudebbati, Sankrail, Sarenga gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block and Kolora I, Kolora II, Mahiyari I, Mahiyari II gram panchayats of Domjur community development block.^[1]

Sankrail Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Sankrail	Kanai Lal Bhattacharya	All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
		Kripa Sindhu Shaw	All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
1957		Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya	Communist Party of India[3]
		Apurba Lal Mazumdar	All India Forward Bloc (Marxist)[3]
1962		Dulal Chandra Mondal	Communist Party of India[4]
1967		N.N.Bhuniya	Indian National Congress[5]
1969		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991		Haran Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996		Sital Kumar Sardar	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Sital Kumar Sardar	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006		Sital Kumar Sardar	All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2011		Sital Kumar Sardar	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016		Sital Kumar Sardar	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Priya Paul	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sankrail

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Priya Paul	111,888	50.80	5.60
	BJP	Probhakar Pandit	71,461	32.40	17.70
	CPI(M)	Samir Malick	34,144	15.50
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sankrail

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sital Kumar Sardar	86,212	45.20	6.01
	CPI(M)	Samir Malick	71,455	37.50	3.32
	BJP	Probhakar Pandit	28,006	14.70
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sankrail (SC) constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sital Kumar Sardar	88,029	51.21	0.51
	CPI(M)	Anirban Hazra	70,172	40.82	3.86
	BJP	Jhan Prakash Ray	8,184
	Independent	Srikanta Mondal	1,735
	BSP	Soma Sardar	1,388
	Independent	Bhishma Bag	772
	Indian Unity Centre	Upendra Nath Dolui	658
	Independent	Sankar Das	603
	Independent	Balai Pandit	356
Turnout			171,897	81.44
	AITC hold		Swing	3.35#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006,^[15] 2001^[14] 1996^[13] state assembly elections, Sital Kumar Sardar of Trinamool Congress / Congress won the 169 Sankrail (SC) assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Anirban Hazara of CPI(M).Bikash Mondal of CPI(M) in 2001 and Basudeb Dhali of CPI(M) in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Haran Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Nityananda Bhuniya of Congress/ Janata Party in 1991,^[12] 1987,^[11] 1982^[10] and 1977.^[9][18]

1951-1972

Haran Hazra of CPI(M) won in 1972,^[8] 1971^[7] and 1969.^[6] N.N.Bhuniya of Congress won in 1967.^[5] Dulal Chandra Mondal of CPI won in 1962.^[4] In 1957 and 1951 Sankrail had joint seats. Shyama Prasanna Bhattacharya of CPI and Apurbalal Mazumdar of Forward Bloc (Marxist) won in 1957.^[3] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya and Kripa Sindhu Shaw, both of Forward Bloc (Ruiker), won in 1951.^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sankrail. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
18. "169 - Sankrail (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.