Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Daspur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Daspur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Daspur Daspur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°36′N87°43′E / 22.600°N 87.717°E / 22.600; 87.717 Coordinates: 22°36′N87°43′E / 22.600°N 87.717°E / 22.600; 87.717
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Constituency No.	230
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	32. Ghatal
Electorate (year)	242,252 (2011)

Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Paschim Medinipur district, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 230 Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Daspur II community development block, and Basudevpur, Daspur I, Daspur II, Nandanpur I, Nandanpur II and Panchberia gram panchayats of Daspur I community development block. ^[1]

Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Daspur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mamata Bhunia	114,758	51.58	-1.24
	BJP	Prasanta Bera	87,911	39.52	+33.65
	CPI (M)	Dhruba Sekhar Mandal	17,045	7.66	-31.79
	SUCI(C)	Jagadish Mondal Adhikary	1,387	0.62	-0.26
	NOTA	None of the above	1,368	0.61	-0.37
Turnout			222,464	76.91	-1.49
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Daspur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mamata Bhunia	113,603	52.82
	CPI (M)	Swapan Santra	84,864	39.45
	BJP	Dipak Kumar Pramanik	12,626	5.87
	NOTA	None of the above	2,104	0.98
	SUCI(C)	Madhusudan Manna	1,899	0.88
Turnout			215,086	78.40
	AITC hold		Swing

By-election 2012

In 2012, a by-election was necessitated by the death of sitting Trinamool Congress MLA Ajit Bhunia. Mamata Bhunia of AITC defeated her nearest rival Samar Mukherjee of CPI(M) by 18,928 votes. ^[2]

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Daspur ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ajit Bhunia	109,048	54.76	+4.08#
	CPI (M)	Sunil Adhikari	84,121	42.24	-7.08
	BJP	Sujit Pain	5,966	3.00
Turnout			199,135	82.2
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	11.16#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sunil Adhikari of CPI(M) won the Daspur assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival, Ajit Bhunia of Trinamool Congress. Ajit Bhunia of Trinamool Congress defeated Chaittaranajan Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M). in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chittaranjan Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Jagannanth Goswami of Congress in 1996. Prabhas Phadikar of CPI(M) defeated Asit Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1991, Paresh Mondal of Congress in 1987, Sudhir Bera of Congress in 1982, and Bankim Chandra Sasmal of Janata Party in 1977. ^[6]

1951-1972

Sudhir Chandra Bera of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won in 1969. B.C.Sasmal of Congress won in 1967. Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1962. Bhabani Ranjan Panja of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 the Daspur seat was won by Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI. ^[7]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "Trinamul wins bypolls but edge thins". The Telegraph, 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
3. "Daspur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Daspur. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Daspur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "198 - Daspur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
7. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.