Kakdwip Assembly constituency

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Kakdwip
Constituency No. 131 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Kakdwip Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituencyMathurapur
Established1957
Total electors247,649
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

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As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kakdwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]

  • Kakdwip community development block
  • Budhakhali and Narayanpur gram panchayats of Namkhana community development block

Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1957 Maya Banerjee Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Hansadhwaj Dhara
1969
1971 Hrishikesh Maity Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972 Basudeb Sautya Indian National Congress
1977 Hrishikesh Maity Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996 Ashok Giri
2001 Manturam Pakhira Trinamool Congress
2006 Ashok Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Manturam Pakhira Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

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2021

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Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Kakdwip
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manturam Pakhira 114,493 52.00
BJP Dipankar Jana 89,191 41.00
INC Indranil Rout 12,234 6.00
BSP Parbati Bhunia 1,630 1.00
SUCI Jhantu Maity 1,026 0.60
NOTA None of the above 1,023 0.60
Majority 25,302
AITC hold Swing

2011

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Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Kakdwip[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manturam Pakhira 84,483 51.46 +2.40
CPI(M) Milan Bhattacharya 73,980 45.07 −4.57
BJP Nirmal Kumar Das 3,329 2.03
People’s Democratic Conference of India Kazi Nasiruddin Baidya 1,225
Independent Himanshu Sekhar Patra 1,142
Turnout 164,159 91.25
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 6.77

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

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In 2006,[4] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) won the Kakdwip Assembly constituency defeating Manturam Pakhira of AITC. Manturam Pakhira of AITC won in 2001[5] defeating Ashok Giri of CPI(M). In 1996,[6] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) defeated Manturam Pakhira of INC. Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating Gourishankar Bhattacharya of INC in 1991[7] and 1987,[8] and Basudev Sautya of INC in 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972

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Basudeb Sautya of INC won in 1972.[12] Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1971.[13] Hansadhwaj Dhara of INC won in 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Maya Banejee of INC won in 1962[16] and 1957.[17] The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

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Notes

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Citations

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