Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Mandirbazar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mandirbazar
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°09′00″N 88°20′00″E / 22.15000°N 88.33333°E / 22.15000; 88.33333Coordinates: 22°09′00″N 88°20′00″E / 22.15000°N 88.33333°E / 22.15000; 88.33333
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No 135
Type Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency Mathurapur (SC)
Electorate (year) 181,103 (2011)

Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.


Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 135 Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Mandirbazar community development block and Laksmi-Narayanpur Dakshin, Laksmi-Narayanpur Uttar, Mathurapur Paschim and Mathurapur Purba gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block.[1]

Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mandirbazar [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Joydeb Haldar 83,524 53.65 +6.75
CPI(M) Dr. Sarat Halder 64,883 41.68 -8.23
BJP Goutam Naskar 3,209
BSP Soumen Sardar 1,670
PDS Bappa Das 1,263
People’s Democratic Conference of India Pranab Kumar Paik 1,136
Turnout 155,685 85.96
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing 14.99
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 Increase19
Indian National Congress 0 Decrease2
SUC 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 Decrease2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Dr. Tapati Saha of CPI(M) won the Mandirbazar (SC) assembly seat defeating Choudhury Mohan Jatua of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Choudhury Mohan Jatua of Trinamool Congress won the seat in 2001 defeating Nikunja Paik of CPI(M). In 1996 Nikunja Paik of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Sardar of Congress. Subhas Roy of CPI(M) won the seat in 1991,1987 and 1982 defeating Sanat Palk of Congress in 1991, Durga Charan Mondal of Congress in 1987 and Birendranath Halder of Congress in 1982. Renupada Halder of SUC defeated Subhas Roy of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
  2. "Mandirbazar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-13. 
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mandirbazar. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-30. 
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mandirbazar. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-30. 
  5. "122 - Mandirbazar (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
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