Moyna Assembly constituency

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Moyna
Constituency No. 206 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituencyTamluk
Established1951
Total electors196,912
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 206 Moyna Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Moyna community development block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1952 Kanai Lal Bhowmick Communist Party of India
1957 Ananga Mohan Das Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Kanai Lal Bhowmick Communist Party of India
1969
1971
1972
1977 Pulak Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987 Pulin Bera
1991 Manik Bhowmik Indian National Congress
1996 Dipak Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001
2006 Sk. Mujibur Rahman
2011 Bhusan Chandra Dolai Trinamool Congress
2016 Sangram Kumar Dolai
2021 Ashok Dinda Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Moyna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashok Dinda 108,109 48.17
AITC Sangram Dolui 1,06,849 47.61
INC Manik Bhaumik 5,108 2.28
Turnout 1,260 0.56
BJP gain from AITC Swing
Year Party Status Candidate Name Vote
2016 AITC Winner Sangram Kumar Dolai 100980
2016 INC Runner-up Manik Bhowmik 88856

Result: http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/9/36873/249

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Moyna[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bhusan Chandra Dolai 91,037 50.95 +2.50#
CPI(M) Sk. Mujibur Rahman 81,081 45.38 −3.57
BJP Asit Pattanayak 4,626 2.59
Independent Sheikh Nurul Islam 1,940
Turnout 178,685 90.74
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 6.07#

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

1977-2006

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In the state assembly elections in 2006, Sk. Mujibur Rahman of CPI(M) won the 206 Moyna assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Prafulla Kumar Barai of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dipak Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bhusan Chandra Dolai of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Manik Bhowmik of Congress in 1996. Manik Bhowmik of Congress defeated Dipak Bera of CPI(M) in 1991. Pulin Bera of CPI(M) defeated Rekharani Deb of Congress in 1987. Pulak Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bhusan Chandra Doloi of Congress in 1982 and 1977.[5]

1951-1972

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Kanai Lal Bhowmick of CPI won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananga Mohan Das of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kanai Lal Bhowmick of CPI won the Moyna seat.[6]

References

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