Mahisadal Assembly constituency

Mahisadal
Constituency No. 208 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Mahisadal Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituencyTamluk
Established1951
Total electors189,794
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Mahisadal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 208 Mahisadal Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Mahishadal and Haldia community development blocks.[1]

Mahisadal Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1952 Kumar Deba Prosad Garga Independent politician
1957 Mahtab Chandra Das Indian National Congress
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Praja Socialist Party
1962 Sushil Kumar Dhara Bangla Congress
1967
1969
1971
1972 Ahindra Mishra Indian National Congress
1977 Saswati Bag Janata Party
1982 Dinabandhu Mondal Communist Party of India
1987 Surya Chakraborty
1991 Sukumar Das Indian National Congress
1996
2001 Dipak Kumar Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
2006 Tamalika Panda Seth Communist Party of India
2011 Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Tilak Kumar Chakraborty
2026 Subhas Chandra Panja Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mahisadal[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Subhas Chandra Panja 121,584 51.05 +5.64
AITC Tilak Kumar Chakraborty 95,346 40.03 −6.46
CPI(M) Paritosh Pattanayak 11,490 4.82
Jatiya Unnayan Party Swarnakamal Das 5,603 2.35
NOTA None of the above 843 0.35 −0.45
Majority 26,238 11.02 +9.94
Turnout 238,188 93.87 +4.43
BJP hold Swing 6.05

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mahisadal[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tilak Kumar Chakraborty 101,986 46.49
BJP Biswanath Banerjee 99,600 45.41
ISF Bikram Chatterjee 13,796 6.29
NOTA None of the above 1,765 0.8
Majority 2,386 1.08
Turnout 219,355 89.44
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mahisadal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar 94,827 48.10 −7.19
Independent Dr. Subrata Maiti 78,118 39.82
BJP Prasenjit Samanta 14,150 7.18 +3.84
Bharat Nirman Party Tapan Kumar Banerjee 2,832 1.44
NOTA None of the above 2,025 1.03
Independent Subrata Maity 1,918 0.97
PDS Sukumar Chaulya 1,362 0.69
SUCI(C) Tapan Maity 1,048 0.53
LJP Maslema Begam 866 0.44
Turnout 197,146 89.07 −2.08
AITC hold Swing

Dr. Subrata Maiti, contesting as an Independent candidate, was supported by the Left - Congress Alliance.


2011

In the 2011 elections, Dr.Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mahisadal[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar 95,640 55.29 +5.49#
CPI(M) Tamalika Panda Seth 67,478 39.01 −9.98
BJP Prasenjit Samanta 5,783 3.34
People’s Democratic Conference of India Sk. Ajad Ali 1,875
Independent Keramat Baks Mallik 1,436
PDS Sukumar Chaulya 78
Turnout 172,994 91.15
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 15.47#

Tamalika Panda Seth, the contesting CPIM candidate From Mahisadal, is wife of the CPI(M) strongman Lakshman Chandra Seth.[5]

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


2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M) won the 204 Mahisadal assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhowmick of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated Dr. Subrata Maiti of CPI(M) in 2001. Sukumar Das of Congress defeated Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987. Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Ramani Mohan Maity of Congress in 1982. Saswati Bag of Janata Party defeated Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) in 1977.[6]


1972

Ahindra Mishra of Congress won in 1972. Sushil Kumar Dhara representing Bangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and representing Congress in 1962. In 1957 Mahisadal was a dual seat. It was won by Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of PSP and Mahtab Chand Das of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, the Mahisadal seat was won by the Independent candidate, Kumar Deba Prosad Garga.[7]


References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "Mahisadal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Left Unlikely to Reverse Trend". The Statesman, 29 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "204 - Mahisadal Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.