Nandigram Assembly constituency

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

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake community development block, see Nandigram I. For its another namesake community development block, see Nandigram II.

Nandigram
Constituency No. 210 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Nandigram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyTamluk
Established1952
Total electors196,158
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 210 Nandigram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nandigram I and Nandigram II community development blocks.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1951 to 1967 (Nandigram North and Nandigram South)
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Nandigram NorthSubodh Chandra MaityIndian National Congress[2]
Nandigram SouthPrabir Chandra JanaIndian National Congress[2]
1957Nandigram NorthSubodh Chandra MaityIndian National Congress[3]
Nandigram SouthBhupal Chandra PandaCommunist Party of India[3]
1962Nandigram NorthSubodh Chandra MaityIndian National Congress[4]
Nandigram SouthPrabir Chandra JanaIndian National Congress[4]

1967 to present (as Nandigram)
Election Member Party
1967 Bhupal Chandra Panda[5] Communist Party of India
1969[6] Indian National Congress
1971[7] Communist Party of India
1972[8]
1977 Prabir Jana[9] Janata Party
1982 Bhupal Chandra Panda[10] Communist Party of India
1987 Sakti Bal[11]
1991[12]
1996 Debi Sankar Panda[13] Indian National Congress
2001[14] Iliyas Mohammed Communist Party of India
2006[15][16]
2009 (Bye-election) Firoja Bibi All India Trinamool Congress
2011[17]
2016 Suvendu Adhikari
2021 Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival Mamata Banerjee of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram[18][19][20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suvendu Adhikari 110,764 48.49 +43.09
TMC Mamata Banerjee 108,808 47.64 -19.56
CPI(M) Minakshi Mukherjee 6,267 2.74 -23.96
SUCI(C) Manoj Kumar Das 240 0.11 -0.29
NOTA None of the Above 1,090 0.48 -0.15
Majority 1,956 0.85
Turnout 2,28,467 88.55 +1.58
BJP gain from TMC Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Kabir Sekh of CPI.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram[23][24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Suvendu Adhikari 134,623 67.20
CPI Abdul Kabir Sekh 53,393 26.70
BJP Bijan Kumar Das 10,713 5.40
SUCI(C) Bappaditya Nayak 828 0.40
BNP Ram Mohan Maity 717 0.40
NOTA None of the Above 1278 0.63 N/A
Majority 81,230 40.60
Turnout 2,01,659 86.97
TMC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Firoja Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Paramananda Bharati of CPI.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram[23][26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Firoja Bibi 103,300 61.21 +2.93
CPI Paramananda Bharati 59,660 35.35 -4.00
BJP Bijan Kumar Das 5,813 1.72
PDCI Mehedi Masud Sekh 2,898 1.69
Majority 43,640 25.42
Turnout 1,71,671 87.93
TMC hold Swing

2009 By election

The bypoll to the Nandigram Occurred On 5 January 2009 Due To Resignation of the sitting MLA of CPI Md. Iliyas Sk.

Bye election, 2009: Nandigram [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Firoja Bibi 93,022 58.28 +12.41
CPI Paramananda Bharati 53,473 39.35 -13.36
BJP Bijan Kumar Das 9,813 1.72
Majority 39,549 23.43
Turnout 1,53,407 84.75
TMC gain from CPI Swing 25.77

. Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.

2006
  • Illias Mahammad Sk (CPI) : 69,376 votes [29]
  • Sk Supian (AITC) : 64,553
  • Anwar Ali (Congress) : 4,943 votes

1996
  • Debisankar Panda (Congress) : 61,885 votes [29]
  • Sakti Bal (CPI) : 61747
  • Joydeb Satpati (BJP) : 1,508 votes

1977–2009

In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA Illiyas Mahammad Sk. on corruption charges, held in January 2009 in the background of Nandigram violence, Firoja Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated Paramananda Bharati of CPI.[30][15]

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Illiyas Mahammad Sk. of CPI won the 206 Nandigram assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Sk. Supian of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Sunil Baran Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Debisankar Panda of Congress defeated Sakti Bal of CPI in 1996. Sakti Bal of CPI defeated Debi Sankar Panda of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI defeated Ramesh Chandra Gharai of Congress in 1982. Prabir Jana of Janata Party defeated Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI in 1977.[31]

1967–1972

Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Nandigram had two seats, Nandigram North and Nandigram South.[32]

1951–1962 Nandigram North

Subodh Chandra Maity of Congress won in 1962, 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.[32]

1951–1962 Nandigram South

Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won in 1962. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won the Nandigram South seat.[32]

See also

References
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