Monteswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Monteswar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 263 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Monteswar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| LS constituency | Bardhaman–Durgapur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 191,654 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 263 Monteswar assembly constituency covers Baghsan, Vagra Mulgram, Denur, Jamna, Kusumgram, Majhergram, Mamudpur I, Monteswar, Pipalan and Shushunia gram panchayats of Manteswar community development block and Barapalason I, Barapalason II, Bohar I, Bohar II, Bijur I, Bijur II and Satgachhia I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.[1]
Monteswar assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Monteswar | Annada Prasad Mandal | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 1957 | Bhakta Chandra Roy | Independent[3] | |
| 1962 | Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah | Communist Party of India[4] | |
| 1967 | N.C.Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1969 | Kashinath Hazra Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1971 | Kashinath Hazra Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1972 | Tuhin Kumar Samanta | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1977 | Hemanta Kumar Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1982 | Hemanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1987 | Hemanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1991 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 2001 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2006 | Chaudhuri Md. Hedayetullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16] | |
| 2011 | Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
| 2016 | Sajal Panja | All India Trinamool Congress[18] | |
| 2016 By election | Saikat Panja | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress[19] |
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | 105,460 | 50.44 | −27.73 | |
| BJP | Saikat Panja | 73,655 | 35.24 | +20.46 | |
| CPI(M) | Anupam Ghosh | 24,740 | 11.48 | +23.53 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Ansarul Aman Mondal (Babu) | 1,877 | 0.90 | ||
| PDS | Nasimul Gani Sayed | 1,693 | 0.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,611 | 0.77 | ||
| Turnout | 209,036 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saikat Panja | 147,316 | 77.59 | +33.48 | |
| CPI(M) | Md. Osman Gani Sarkar | 20,189 | 10.63 | −33.11 | |
| BJP | Biswajit Poddar | 16,073 | 8.47 | +0.37 | |
| INC | Bulbul Ahammed Sekh | 2,885 | 1.52 | N/A | |
| CPI(ML)L | Ansarul Aman Mondal | 1,463 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| PDS | Sheikh Ekramul Hossain | 778 | 0.41 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,168 | 0.62 | −0.66 | |
| Majority | 127,127 | 66.96 | +66.59 | ||
| Turnout | 189,872 | 86.90 | −0.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 218,480 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sajal Panja | 84,134 | 44.11 | ||
| CPI(M) | Chaudhuri Mohd. Hidayatullah | 83,428 | 43.74 | ||
| BJP | Biswajit Poddar | 15,452 | 8.10 | ||
| BSP | Khokan Das | 2,644 | 1.38 | ||
| MPI | Jagabandhu Malik | 1,437 | 0.75 | ||
| JDP | Premchand Soren | 1,190 | 0.62 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,445 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 706 | 0.37 | |||
| Turnout | 190,730 | 87.29 | |||
| Registered electors | 218,480 | ||||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Choudhury Mohd. Hedaetullaha | 81,822 | 47.24 | −10.69 | |
| AITC | Abu Ayash Mondal | 78,524 | 45.34 | +6.51# | |
| People's Democratic Conference of India | Abdul Kased Shaikh | 4,890 | |||
| BJP | Sakshi Gopal Ghosh | 4,027 | |||
| JDP | Sunil Soren | 2,036 | |||
| BSP | Sukumar Das | 1,064 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Annada Prasad Bhattacharyya | 824 | |||
| Turnout | 173,187 | 90.36 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -17.20# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
1977-2006
editNarayan Hazra Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress lost the Monteswar Assembly seat in 2006 defeated by Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah of CPI(M) . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996 and 1991, Abu Ayesh Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Narayan Hazara Choudhury of Trinamool Congress, Debabrata Roy of Congress and Biseswar Bhattacharya of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Hemanta Roy of CPI(M) defeated Tuhin Samanta of Congress.[22]
1951-1972
editIn 1972, Tuhin Samanta of Congress won the seat. In 1971 and 1969, Kashinath Hazra Choudhury of CPI(M) won the seat. N.C.Chaudhuri of Congress won the seat in 1967. Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah of CPI won the seat in 1962. Bhakta Chandra Roy (Independent) won the seat in 1957. Ananda Prasad Mondal of Congress won the seat in independent India's first election in 1951.[23]
References
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