Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Patashpur | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Patashpur Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°01′45″N 87°33′13″E / 22.02917°N 87.55361°ECoordinates: 22°01′45″N 87°33′13″E / 22.02917°N 87.55361°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Constituency No. | 212 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanthi |
| Electorate (year) | 182,460 (2011) |
Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: পটাশপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Extent
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 212 Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Patashpur I community development block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II community development block.[1]
Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]It was earlier part of Midnapore (Lok Sabha constituency).
Results
2011
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Patashpur [2][3][4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Jyotirmoy Kar | 84,452 | 49.93 | +0.32# | |
| CPI | Makhan Nayek | 77,802 | 46.00 | -4.39 | |
| BJP | Asish Das | 4,104 | 2.43 | ||
| Independent | Mohan Rana | 1,113 | |||
| Independent | Prafulla Kumar Kar | 981 | |||
| Independent | Shyamapada Bera | 701 | |||
| Turnout | 169,153 | 92.71 | |||
| AITMC gain from CPI | Swing | 4.71# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| 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 |
1977-2006
Kamakshya Nandan Das Mahapatra of CPI won the Patashpur assembly seat six times in a row, defeating Tapan Kanti Kar of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Mrinal Kanti Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Paresh Chandra Bhunia of Congress in 1996, Sunil Pal of Congress in 1991, Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Congress in 1987 and Radha Nath Das Adhikary of Congress in 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Janmejoy Ojha of Janata Party defeated Barendra Nath Patra of Congress in 1977. [5]
1951-1972
Prafulla Maity of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. K.D.Mahapatra of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Radhanath Das Adhikari of Congress won in 1962. Sisir Kumar Das of PSP won in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Janardan Sahu of BJS won the Pataspur assembly seat. [6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ↑ "Patashpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Patashpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Patashpur. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ "215 - Pataspur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
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