Keshiary (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Keshiary
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Keshiary Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Keshiary Keshiary (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°08′N87°14′E / 22.133°N 87.233°E / 22.133; 87.233 Coordinates: 22°08′N87°14′E / 22.133°N 87.233°E / 22.133; 87.233
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Constituency No.	223
Type	Reserved for ST
Lok Sabha constituency	34. Medinipur
Electorate (year)	182,596 (2011)

Keshiary (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 223 Keshiary (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) is composed of the following: Keshiari community development block, and Alikosha, Angua, Anikola, Dantan I, Dantan II, Monoharpur, Salikotha and Tararui gram panchayats of Dantan I community development block. ^[1]

Keshiary (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Keshiary (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Murmu	104,890	53.99	+8.64
	CPI (M)	Biram Mandi	64,141	33.02	-12.95
	BJP	Binod Bihari Murmu	18,056	9.29
	NOTA	None of the above	3,041	1.57
	SUCI(C)	Shyamsundar Singh	1,917	0.99
	Independent	Balai Chandra Nayek	1,426	0.73
	Independent	Gopen Sing	789	0.41
Turnout			194,260	89.37	-2.33
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Keshiary ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Biram Mandi	76,976	45.97	-17.49
	AITC	Shyam Charan Mandi	75,939	45.35	+12.11#
	BJP	Dilip Routh	6,651
	Independent	Jaba Hansda	5,418
	JMM	Gopal Murmu	2,453
Turnout			167,437	91.7
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-29.60#

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

1977-2006

Maheswar Murmu of CPI(M) won the Keshiary assembly seat (ST) six times in a row from 1982 to 2006, defeating Shyam Charan Mandi of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gouri Tudu of Congress in 1996, Rekha Kishu of Congress in 1991, Budhan Chandra Tudu of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Khudiram Singh of CPI(M) defeated Budhan Chandra Tudu of Congress in 1977. ^[5]

1967-1972

Budhan Chandra Tudu of Congress won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. ^[6] Prior to that the Keshiary seat did not exist.

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. "Keshiary". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Keshiary. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Keshiary. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "226 - Keshiari (ST) 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.