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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Constituency No. | 220 |
| Type | Reserved for ST |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 33. Jhargram (ST) |
| Electorate (year) | 174,987 (2011) |
Nayagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: নয়াগ্রাম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 220 Nayagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) is composed of the following: Nayagram and Gopiballavpur I community development blocks, and Chorchita, Kuliana and Nota gram panchayats of Gopiballavpur II community development block.[1]
Nayagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) is part of No. 33 Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nayagram [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Dulal Murmu | 75,656 | 50.34 | +30.72 | |
| CPI(M) | Bhutnath Soren | 59,382 | 39.51 | -21.32 | |
| BJP | Chitta Ranjan Hembram | 8,304 | |||
| Independent | Subodh Kumar Mandi | 4,054 | |||
| Jharkhand Disom Party | Madan Mohan Hansda | 2,894 | |||
| Turnout | 150,290 | 85.89 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 52.04 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 8 | 8 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 0 |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 7 | 6 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
| DSP(PC) | 1 | 0 |
In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhutnath Saren of CPI(M) won the Nayagram assembly seat defeating Shunaram Mahali of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Mangal Hansda of JMM in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Subhas Chandra Saren of CPI(M) defeated Madhu Sudan Saren of Congress in 1996. Ananta Saren of CPI(M) defeated Bishnu Saren of Jharkhand Party in 1991, Dasarathi Saren of Congress in 1987, and Liba Chand Tudu, Independent, in 1982. Budhadeb Singh of CPI(M) defeated Subodh Handa of Janata Party in 1977. [5]
Dasarathi Saren of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Jagarati Hansda of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Debendranath Hansda won the Nayagram seat in 1962.[6]Prior to that the Nayagram seat was not there.
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