Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency
Kanthi Uttar | |
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Constituency No. 213 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Kanthi Uttar Assembly Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Purba Medinipur |
LS constituency | Kanthi |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,57,427 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2021 |
Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituencyis anassemblyconstituency inPurba Medinipur districtin theIndianstateofWest Bengal.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of theDelimitation Commission,No. 213 Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:DeshapranCD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishdagram panchayatsofContai IIIand Bathuari gram panchayat ofEgra IIcommunity development block.[1]
Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency is part of No. 31Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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2011 | Kanthi Uttar | Banasri Maity | AITC |
2016 | Banasri Maity | AITC | |
2021 | Sumita Sinha | BJP |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Sumita Sinha | 113,524 | 50.00 | ||
AITC | Tarun Kumar Jana | 1,04,194 | 46.00 | ||
CPI(M) | Sutanu Maity | 6504 | 3.00 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1492 | 1.00 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
BJPgainfromAITC | Swing |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Banasri Maity | 91,528 | 49.78 | −0.55# | |
CPI(M) | Chakradhar Meikap | 83,573 | 45.45 | −2.85# | |
BJP | Gour Hari Jana | 5,859 | 3.19 | ||
JD(U) | Bhaskar Mahakur | 1,518 | |||
Independent | Biswajit Choudhury | 1,400 | |||
Turnout | 183,878 | 91.04 | |||
AITCgainfromCPI(M) | Swing | 2.30# |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
[edit]In the2006 state assembly elections,Chakradhar Maikap ofCPI(M)won the Contai North assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Jyotirmoy Kar ofTrinamool Congress.Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyotirmoy Kar of Trinamool Congress defeated Chakradhar Maikap of CPI(M) in 2001. Chakradhar Maikap of CPI(M) defeated Mukul Bikash Maiti ofCongressin 1996. Mukul Bikash Maity of Congress defeated Anil Kumar Manna ofJanata Dalin 1991. Ram Sankar Kar of CPI(M) defeated Dwijendra Maiti of Congress in 1987. Mukul Bikash Maity of Congress defeated Anurup Panda of CPI(M) in 1982. Rashbehari Pal ofJanata Partydefeated Sailaja Das of Congress in 1977.[5]
1951-1972
[edit]Kamakshyanandan Das Mohapatra ofCPIwon in 1972. Anil Kumar Manna ofPSPwon in 1971. Subodh Gopal Guchhati of PSP won in 1969. L.Das of Congress won in 1967. Bejoy Krishna Maity of Congress won in1962.Natendra Nath Das of PSP won in1957.Inindependent India's first election in 1951Sudhir Chandra Das ofKMPPwon the Contai North seat.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006"(PDF).West Bengal.Election Commission of India.Archived(PDF)from the original on 18 September 2010.Retrieved6 August2015.
- ^"Kanthi Uttar".Assembly Elections May 2011 Results.Election Commission of India. Archived fromthe originalon 31 May 2016.Retrieved17 May2011.
- ^"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011".Kanthi Uttar.Empowering India.Archivedfrom the original on 19 May 2012.Retrieved1 May2011.
- ^"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011"(PDF).Kanthi Uttar.Election Commission of India. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 12 September 2011.Retrieved1 May2011.
- ^"210 - Contai North Assembly Constituency".Partywise Comparison Since 1977.Election Commission of India.Archivedfrom the original on 30 September 2012.Retrieved7 December2010.
- ^"Statistical Reports of Elections".General Election Results and Statistics.Election Commission of India. Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2010.Retrieved1 December2010.