Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Indas
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 23°09′00″N87°37′00″E / 23.15000°N 87.61667°E / 23.15000; 87.61667 Coordinates: 23°09′00″N87°37′00″E / 23.15000°N 87.61667°E / 23.15000; 87.61667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Constituency No.	257
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	37. Bishnupur
Electorate (year)	188,607 (2011)

Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (spelled by the Election Commission as Indus) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 257 Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Indas community development block; Balsi I, Balsi II, Biur Betur, Jamkuri and Kushdwip gram panchayats of Patrasayer community development block; and Laugram, Madanmohanpur gram panchayats of Kotulpur community development block. ^[1]

Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Members [2]	Party
2011	Gurupada Mete	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Gurupada Mete	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Nirmal Kumar Dhara	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Gurupada Mete	85,589	49.05	+11.20#
	CPI (M)	Santanu Kumar Bora	81,584	46.76	-17.29
	BJP	Srikanta Bagdi	7,319	4.19
Turnout			174,492	92.52
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	28.49

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Mahadeb Patra of CPI(M) won the Indas assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Basudeb Digar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nanda Dulal Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Purnima Lohar of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Naba Kumar Rajak of Congress in 1996 and Sanatan Santra of Congress in 1991. Badan Bora of CPI(M) defeated Piru Chandra Pandit of Congress in 1987, Gour Chandra Lohar of Congress in 1982 and Nabadurga of Janata Party in 1977. ^[6]

1967-1972

Sanatan Santra of Congress won in 1972. Badan Bora of CPI(M) won in 1971. Abani Kumar Saha of Bangla Congress won in 1969. P.C.Mal of Bangla Congress in 1967. Prior to that the Indas seat did not exist, but there was a seat at Patrasayer. ^[7]

Patrasayer 1957-1962

Guru Pada Khan of Congress won in 1962. Gurupada Khan and Bhabataran Chakravarty, both of Congress, won the Patrasayer dual seat in 1957. ^[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 3 April 2011.
2. "Indas Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Indas Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Indas". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Indas. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Indas. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "255 - Indas (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
7. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.