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Taldangra
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Constituency No. | 251 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 36. Bankura |
| Electorate (year) | 179,693 (2011) |
Taldangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: তালডাঙড়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 251 Taldangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bibarda, Fulmati, Harmasra, Khalgram, Panchmura and Taldangra gram panchayats of Taldangra community development block; Brojarajpur and Gaurbazar gram panchayats of Indpur community development block; and Simlapal community development block.[1]
Taldangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Taldangra [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI(M) | Monoranjan Patra | 74,779 | 47.59 | -13.87 | |
| Congress | Arun Kumar Pathak | 67,614 | 43.03 | +10.58# | |
| BJP | Milan Singha Mahapatra | 6,110 | 3.89 | ||
| Jharkhand Disom Party | Dulal Saren | 4,098 | |||
| Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Uzzwal Singha | 1,810 | |||
| SUCI | Kabita Singha Babu | 1,564 | |||
| JVM(P) | Kalipada Hembram | 1,157 | |||
| Turnout | 157,132 | 87.44 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -24.45# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 8 | 8 |
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 7 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 1 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Manoranjan Patra of CPI(M) won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Manik Mitra of Trinamool Congress, Dilip Panda of Trinamool Congress and Debaprasad Singha Barathakur of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amiya Patra of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress in 1991 and Amit Chatterjee of Congress in 1987. Mohini Mohan Panda of CPI(M) defeated Kalyani Prasad Singha Choudhury of Congress in 1982 and Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress in 1977. [5]
Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress won in 1972. Mohini Mohan Panda of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. Purabi Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 there was no seat at Taldangra, but there was a joint seat at Vishnupur. It was won by Purabi Mukhopadhyay and Kiran Chandra Digar, both of Congress. Purabi Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Taldangra seat in independent India’s first election in 1952.[6]
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