Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nandakumar
—  Vidhan Sabha constituency  —
Nandakumar
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates:
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Constituency No. 207
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency Tamluk
Electorate (year) 192,113 (2011)

Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: নন্দকুমার বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Narghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) came in to existence in 2011.

Contents

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 207 Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nandakumar community development block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block.[1]

Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nandakumar [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Sukumar Dey 89,717 50.94 +2.76#
Samajwadi Party Brahmamoy Nanda 77,850 44.20 -5.96#
BJP Nilanjan Adhikari 5,152 2.93
Independent Maphijul Islam Sekh 1,807
People’s Democratic Conference of India Abdur Razak Sk. 160
Turnout 176,131 91.68
Trinamool Congress gain from Samajwadi Party Swing 7.72#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together and vote percentage of WBSP, in the now-defunct Narghat constituency in 2006.

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Purba Medinipur district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 16 12
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 6
Communist Party of India 0 3
WBSP/SP 0 3

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 
  2. ^ "Nandakumar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25207.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nandakumar. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=207. Retrieved 2011-05-01. 
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nandakumar. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-01.