Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Kakdwip | |
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Vidhan Sabha Constituency | |
![]() ![]() Kakdwip Location in West Bengal ![]() ![]() Kakdwip Location in India | |
Coordinates: 21.8760°N 88.1853°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Constituency No. | 131 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | Mathurapur (SC) |
Electorate (year) | 179,904 (2011) |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:[1]
- Kakdwip community development block
- Budhakhali and Narayanpur gram panchayats of Namkhana community development block
Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1957 | Kakdwip | Maya Banerjee | Indian National Congress[2] |
1962 | Maya Banerjee | Indian National Congress[3] | |
1967 | Hansadhwaj Dhara | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1969 | Hansadhwaj Dhara | Indian National Congress[5] | |
1971 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
1972 | Basudeb Sautya | Indian National Congress[7] | |
1977 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
1982 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1987 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1991 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1996 | Ashok Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
2001 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress[13] | |
2006 | Ashok Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2011 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
2016 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election Results
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Manturam Pakhira | 84,483 | 51.46 | +2.40 | |
CPI (M) | Milan Bhattacharya | 73,980 | 45.07 | -4.57 | |
BJP | Nirmal Kumar Das | 3,329 | 2.03 | ||
People’s Democratic Conference of India | Kazi Nasiruddin Baidya | 1,225 | |||
Independent | Himanshu Sekhar Patra | 1,142 | |||
Turnout | 164,159 | 91.25 | |||
AITC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | 6.77 | |||
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 26 | ![]() |
Indian National Congress | 0 | ![]() |
SUCI(C) | 1 | ![]() |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | ![]() |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | ![]() |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)
Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Vote share | Swing | |||||||
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Trinamool Congress | 226 | 184 | ![]() |
38.93% | ||||||||
Indian National Congress | 66[17] | 42 | ![]() |
9.09% | ||||||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 213 | 40 | ![]() |
30.08% | ||||||||
All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 11 | ![]() |
4.80% | ||||||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 23 | 7 | ![]() |
2.96% | ||||||||
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
0.72% | ||||||||
Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | ![]() |
1.84 | ||||||||
Samajwadi Party | 5 | 1 | ![]() |
0.74% | ||||||||
Socialist Unity Centre of India (C) | 30 | 1 | ![]() |
0.44% | ||||||||
Democratic Socialist Party | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
0.35% | ||||||||
Independents | 2 | ![]() |
3.13% | |||||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 289 | 0 | ![]() |
4.06% | ||||||||
Trinamool and allies | 227 | ![]() |
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Left Front | 62 | ![]() |
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Total | 294 | |||||||||||
Turnout: | ||||||||||||
Source: Election Commission of India |
Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006
In 2006,[14] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) won the Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating Manturam Pakhira of AITC. Manturam Pakhira of AITC won in 2001[13] defeating Ashok Giri of CPI(M). In 1996,[12] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) defeated Manturam Pakhira of INC. Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating Gourishankar Bhattacharya of INC in 1991[11] and 1987,[10] and Basudev Sautya of INC in 1982[9] and 1977.[8][18]
References
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