Debra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Debra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Debra Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Debra Debra (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°24′06″N87°33′40″E / 22.40167°N 87.56111°E / 22.40167; 87.56111 Coordinates: 22°24′06″N87°33′40″E / 22.40167°N 87.56111°E / 22.40167; 87.56111
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Constituency No.	229
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	32. Ghatal
Electorate (year)	184,213 (2011)

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

Membar of Legislative assembly

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Minister of West Bengal Education

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 229 Debra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Debra community development block. ^[1]

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

Election results

2016

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Debra ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Radhakanta Maiti	86,215	50.57	+6.52#
	CPI (M)	Sk. Sorab Hossein	77,402	45.40	-10.56
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Roy	3,893
	IPFB	Tanbir Murshed Khan	2,969
Turnout			170,479	92.54
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	17.08#

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

1977-2006

Sk. Jahangir Karim of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the Debra assembly seat, five times in a row from 1987 to 2006, defeating Mrigendra Nath Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Radha Kanta Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001 Rabindra Nath Bera of Indian National Congress in 1996, and Sk. Mohammed Daud of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Syed Moazzam Hossain of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress in 1982 and Sukumar Das of Congress in 1977. ^[5]

1957-1972

Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bijoy Krishna Samanata won in 1969. K.Chakraborty of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Santosh Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962. Mohini Mohan Pat of Congress won in 1957. ^[6]

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. "Debra". Assembly Elections May 2019 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Debra. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Debra. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "218 - Debra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
6. "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.