Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kandi

কান্দি বিধানসভা ক্ষেত্র
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kandi
Location in West Bengal
Kandi
Kandi (India)
Coordinates: 23°57′N 88°02′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Constituency No68
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency10. Baharampur
Electorate (year)178,337 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 68 Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Kandi municipality, Kandi community development block, and Satui Chaurigachha gram panchayat of Berhampore community development block.[1]

Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951KandiGoalbadan TrivediIndian National Congress[2]
1957Sudhir MondalIndian National Congress[3]
Bimal Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[3]
1962Kumar Jagadish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[4]
1967G.TrivediIndian National Congress[5]
1969Kumar Jagadish Chandra SinhaIndependent[6]
1971Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[7]
1972Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[8]
1977Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[9]
1982Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[10]
1987Syed Wahid RezaCommunist Party of India[11]
1991Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[12]
1996Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[13]
2001Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress[14]
2006Apurba SarkarCongress-Supported Independent[15]
2011Apurba SarkarIndian National Congress[16]
2016Apurba SarkarIndian National Congress[16]
2019 Safiul Alam Khan(Bonu khan) Indian National Congress

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ainal Haque of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kandi constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Apurba Sarkar (David) 66,513 46.10 + 13.59#
CPI Ainal Haque 58,703 40.68 +7.64
Independent Sahitya Pradip Sinha 9,836 6.82
BJP Dhananjoy Mandal 4,351 3.02
BSP Amit Kumar Das 1,429
CPI(ML)L Manirul Islam 1,254
Independent Sasti Konai 850
JD(U) Nazimul Islam 736
MLKSC Majibur Rahaman Sheikh 615
Turnout 144,287 80.91
INC hold Swing -21.51#

Sahitya Pradip Sinha, contesting as an independent, was reportedly backed by Trinamool Congress.[18]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Rebel Congress (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006. Calculated only on the vote percentages secured by Apurba Sarakar in 2006 and 2011 the swing is +3.59%.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Murshidabad district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 14 8
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 4
Samajwadi Party 1 0
Forward bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details) CPIM

2006

In the 2006 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress MP of Baharampur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Kandi constituency[16][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Apurba Sarkar (David) 50,157 46.10 - 13.87#
CPI Abdul Hamid 47,525 40.68 +7.64
INC Atish Chandra Sinha 36,103 6.82
Independent Hari Prasad Chandra 2,204 3.02
AITC Partha Mukherjee 1,787
CPI(ML)L Syed Fazle Alam 1,532
Independent Md. Safiuddin Sk. 1184
Independent Uday Das 996
Independent Narendra Narayan Roy 893
Independent Babu Bagdhi 884
Independent Md. Shahzamal 561
Turnout 143,829
INC hold Swing -21.51#

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Apurba Sarkar, Independent, won the 68 Kandi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI. Apurba Sarkar, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Atish Sinha.[20] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[21] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Chandan Sen of CPI in 2001,[14] Syed Wahid Reza of CPI in 1996[13] and 1991.[12] Syed Wahid Reza of CPI defeated Bankim Trivedi of Congress in 1987.[11] Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Syed Abdur Razzaque of CPI in 1982[10] and Jagadish Sinha of Janata Party in 1977.[9][22]

1951–1972

Atish Chandra Sinha won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha, Independent, won in 1969.[6] G. Trivedi of Congress won in 1967.[5] Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1962.[4] Kandi was a joint seat in 1957.[3] Sudhir Mondal and Bimal Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, won the seat jointly. In independent India's first election in 1951 Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won from the Kandi seat.[2]

References

  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kandi. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  18. "Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates". The Statesman 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  19. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kandi. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  20. "Adhir beats Cong at home". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 12 May 2006. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  21. Hussain, Alamgir (17 April 2011). "Didi turns up heat on dissidents". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 17 April 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  22. "65 - Kandi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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