Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Maheshtala | |
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Vidhan Sabha Constituency | |
![]() ![]() Maheshtala Location in West Bengal ![]() ![]() Maheshtala Location in India | |
Coordinates: 22.5120°N 88.2510°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Constituency No. | 155 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
Electorate (year) | 214,525 (2011) |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:[1]
- Ward No. 8 and Ward No. 11 to Ward No. 35 of Maheshtala Municipality
Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Results
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Kasturi Das | 92,211 | 52.71 | +4.10 | |
CPI (M) | Sheikh Mohammed Israil | 67,928 | 38.83 | -11.16 | |
Independent | Ramani Naskar | 7,971 | |||
BJP | Sisir Kumar Mukherjee | 3,689 | |||
IUML | Sagirauddin Laskar | 1,882 | |||
PDS | Debashish Bose | 1,168 | |||
Independent | Monoranjan Naskar | 80 | |||
Turnout | 174,942 | 81.55 | |||
AITC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | 15.26 | |||
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[19] | 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, 2001 and 1996, Mursalin Molla of CPI(M) won the Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rivals Dulal Das of INC in 2006,[15] Biman Banerjee of AITC in 2001[14] and Gouranga Mukherjee of INC in 1996.[13] Abul Basar of CPI(M) defeated Malay Chowdhury of INC in 1991[12] and Habibur Rahman of INC in 1987.[11] Mir Abdus Sayeed of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Ghose, Independent politician, in 1982.[10] Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI(M) defeated Mali Safiuddin of Janata Party in 1977.[9][20]
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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- "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- Taneja, Nidhi (30 May 2018). "Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll Results: TMC registers huge win, beats nearest rival BJP by over 60,000 votes". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mahestala. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
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- "115 - Maheshtala Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.