Daspur Assembly constituency

Daspur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Daspur
Constituency No. 230 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
LS constituencyGhatal
Established1951
Total electors242,252
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 230 Daspur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Daspur II community development block, and Basudevpur, Daspur I, Daspur II, Nandanpur I, Nandanpur II and Panchberia gram panchayats of Daspur I community development block.[1]

Daspur Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

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2021

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Daspur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Bhunia 114,758 51.58 −1.24
BJP Prasanta Bera 87,911 39.52 +33.65
CPI(M) Dhruba Sekhar Mandal 17,045 7.66 −31.79
SUCI(C) Jagadish Mondal Adhikary 1,387 0.62 −0.26
NOTA None of the above 1,368 0.61 −0.37
Turnout 222,464 76.91 −1.49
AITC hold Swing

2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Daspur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Bhunia 113,603 52.82
CPI(M) Swapan Santra 84,864 39.45
BJP Dipak Kumar Pramanik 12,626 5.87
NOTA None of the above 2,104 0.98
SUCI(C) Madhusudan Manna 1,899 0.88
Turnout 215,086 78.40
AITC hold Swing

By-election 2012

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In 2012, a by-election was necessitated by the death of sitting Trinamool Congress MLA Ajit Bhunia. Mamata Bhunia of AITC defeated her nearest rival Samar Mukherjee of CPI(M) by 18,928 votes.[2]

2011

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Daspur[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ajit Bhunia 109,048 54.76 +4.08#
CPI(M) Sunil Adhikari 84,121 42.24 −7.08
BJP Sujit Pain 5,966 3.00
Turnout 199,135 82.2
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 11.16#

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

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sunil Adhikari of CPI(M) won the Daspur assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival, Ajit Bhunia of Trinamool Congress. Ajit Bhunia of Trinamool Congress defeated Chaittaranajan Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M). in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chittaranjan Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Jagannanth Goswami of Congress in 1996. Prabhas Phadikar of CPI(M) defeated Asit Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1991, Paresh Mondal of Congress in 1987, Sudhir Bera of Congress in 1982, and Bankim Chandra Sasmal of Janata Party in 1977.[6]

1951-1972

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Sudhir Chandra Bera of Congress won both in 1972 and 1971. Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won in 1969. B.C.Sasmal of Congress won in 1967. Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1962. Bhabani Ranjan Panja of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 the Daspur seat was won by Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Trinamul wins bypolls but edge thins". The Telegraph, 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Daspur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Daspur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Daspur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. ^ "198 - Daspur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 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 20 December 2010.