Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the Vidhan Sabha constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Kumarganj. For 2 its namesake village, see Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur.

Kumarganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kumarganj Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Kumarganj Kumarganj (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°26′02″N88°43′36″E / 25.43389°N 88.72667°E / 25.43389; 88.72667 Coordinates: 25°26′02″N88°43′36″E / 25.43389°N 88.72667°E / 25.43389; 88.72667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Constituency No	38
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	6. Balurghat
Electorate (year)	148,934 (2011) [1] 179,509 (2016) [2] 203,986 (2021) [3]

Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 38 Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Kumarganj community development block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday gram panchayats of Gangarampur community development block. ^[4]

Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Kumarganj	M.Bose	Indian National Congress [5]
1969		Abinash Basu	Bangla Congress [6]
1971		Probodh Kumar Singha Roy	Indian National Congress [7]
1972		Probodh Kumar Singha Roy	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Jamini Kishore Mojumdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Dwijendra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Dwijendra Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Dwijendra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Dwijendra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Mafuja Khatun	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Mafuja Khatun	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Mahamuda Begam	All India Trinamool Congress [16]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Mahamuda Begam of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Mafuja Khatun of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kumarganj constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mahamuda Begam	62,212	46.93	+0.98#
	CPI (M)	Mafuja Khatun	57,994	43.75	-4.98
	BJP	Sanjib Chandra Roy	6,592	4.97
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Abdullah Shaikh	2,247
	Independent	Khajer Mondal	2,209
	BSP	Ranendra Nath Mali	1,296
Turnout			132,550	89.1
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	5.96#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 ^[15] and 2001 ^[14] state assembly elections, Mafuja Khatun of CPI(M) won the Kumarganj assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Ahmad Ali Sardar and Nani Gopal Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Parinita Singha Roy of Congress in 1996 ^[13] and Prabodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress in 1991. ^[12] Dwijendra Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Afrabuddin Sarkar of Congress in 1987. ^[11] Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Kumar Dasgupta of Congress in 1982. ^[10] Jamini Kishore Mojumdar of CPI(M) defeated Khalil Sayed of Congress in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1967–1972

Probodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress won 1972 ^[8] and 1971. ^[7] Abinash Basu of Bangla Congress won in 1969. ^[6] M.Bose of Congress won in 1967. ^[5]

References

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