Mangalkot (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mangalkot (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Mangalkot
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mangalkot
Location in West Bengal
Mangalkot
Mangalkot (India)
Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°54′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
Constituency No.272
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency41. Bolpur (SC)
Electorate(year)202,581

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 272 Mangalkot assembly constituency covers Mongalkote community development block and Saragram, Gidhgram and Alampur gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block.[1]

Mangalkot assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016

West-Bengal state assembly election,2016: All India Trinamool Congress Candidate won.

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mangalkot [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Sajahan Choudhury 81,316 46.22 -13.02
AITC Apurba Chaudhuri 81,190 46.15 +9.01#
BJP Alok Taranga Goswami 7,224 4.11
JDP Anil Kumar Mardi 3,567
BSP Sukumar Malik 2,630
Turnout 175,927 86.84
CPI (M) hold Swing -22.03#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

 
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 13
Forward bloc 1 0
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

Sadhana Mallik of CPI(M) won the Mangalkot assembly seat in 2006, 2001, and 1996 defeating Abdul Based Shekh of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Chandranath Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Absar Nurul Mondal of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Baora of CPI(M) defeated Hriday Kishan Sar of Congress in 1991. Nikhilananda Sar of CPI(M) defeated Jagadish Dutta of in 1987, Seikh Borshed of Congress in 1982, and Madan Chowdhury of Congress in 1977.[5]

1951-1972

Jyotirmoy Majumder of Congress won in 1972. Nikhilananda Sar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. N.Sattar of Congress won in 1967. Narayan Das of CPI won in 1962. The Mangalkot seat was not there in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Bhakta Chandra Roy of Congress won the Mangalkot seat.[6]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "Mangalkot". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mangalkot. Empowering India. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Mangalkot. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  5. "281 - Mangalkot Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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