Kushmandi Assembly constituency

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This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Kushmandi. For 2 its namesake village, see Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur.
Kushmandi
Constituency No. 37 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Kushmandi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDakshin Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituencyBalurghat
Established1962
Total electors219,921
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Kushmandi is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 37 Kushmandi Assembly constituency (SC) covers Kushmandi community development block and Belbari II, Jahangirpur and Sukdebpur gram panchayats of Gangarampur community development block.[1]

Kushmandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1962 Khalil Sayed Communist Party of India
1967 Jatindra Mohan Roy Indian National Congress
1969
1971
1972
1977 Dhirendra Nath Sarkar
1982
1987 Narmada Chandra Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016
2021 Rekha Roy All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

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2021

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In the 2021 election, Rekha Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Roy of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kushmandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rekha Roy 89,968 48.88 +7.88
BJP Ranjit Kumar Roy 77,384 42.04 +29.34
RSP Narmada Chandra Roy 12,576 6.83 −36.37
NOTA None of the above 1,598 0.87 −1.54
BSP Biswanath Sarkar 1,436 0.78 −0.52
Independent Bhimnal Sarkar 1,118 0.61
Turnout 184,075
AITC gain from RSP Swing

2016

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In the 2016 election, Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP defeated Rekha Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Kushmandi (SC) constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Narmada Chandra Roy 68,965 43.20 −4.22
AITC Rekha Roy 65,436 41.00 −3.82
BJP Ranjit Kumar Roy 20,183 12.70
NOTA None of the above 3,941 2.41
BSP Jaydeb Mondal 2,009 1.30
Independent Anil Kumar Singha 1,495 0.90
Independent Jagannath Roy 1,468 0.90
Turnout 159,556 85.80 −4.88
RSP hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011

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In the 2011 election, Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP defeated Partha Sarathi Sarkar of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kushmandi (SC) constituency[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Narmada Chandra Roy 66,368 47.42 +0.46
INC Parthasarathi Sarkar 62,725 44.82 −1.46#
BJP Ranjit Kumar Roy 5,286 3.78
Independent Raghunath Sarkar 2,306
BSP Prasanta Mandal 1,295
CPI(ML)L Subesh Sarkar 1,057
Independent Gouranga Barman 915
Turnout 139,952 89.88
RSP hold Swing 2.02#

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

1977–2006

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In the 2006,[5] 2001,[6] 1996,[7] 1991[8] and 1987[9] state assembly elections Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP won the 37 Kushmandi (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Rajib Lochan Sarkar of Congress, Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress, Krishna Chandra Sarkar of Congress, Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Congress and Dhirendra Nath Sarkar of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dhirendra Nath Sarkar of Congress defeated Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP in 1982[10] and Jogendra Nath Roy of RSP in 1977.[11][12]

1962–1972

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Jatindra Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1972,[13] 1971,[14] 1969[15] and 1967.[16] Khalil Sayed of CPI won in 1962.[17] The seat did not exist prior to that.

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