Kumarganj Assembly constituency

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Kumarganj
Constituency No. 38 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Kumarganj Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency Balurghat
Established1967
Total electors203,986
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Kumarganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 38 Kumarganj Assembly constituency covers Kumarganj community development block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday gram panchayats of Gangarampur community development block. [1]

Kumarganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1967 M. Bose Indian National Congress
1969 Abinash Basu Bangla Congress
1971 Probodh Kumar Singha Roy Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Jamini Kishore Mojumdar Communist Party of India
1982 Dwijendra Nath Roy
1987 Dwijendra Mondal
1991 Dwijendra Nath Roy
1996
2001 Mafuja Khatun
2006
2011 Mahmuda Begum All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Toraf Hossain Mandal
2021

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kumarganj constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Toraf Hossain Mandal89,76353.00
BJP Manas Sarkar60,39635.00
INC Chaudhuri Nargis Banu17,47810.00
SUCI(C) Ranajit Deb1,2151.00
NOTA None of the Above 1,1251.00
Kamatapur Peoples Party (United)Rubel Sarkar9511.00
Majority 29,367
Turnout
AITC hold Swing

2011

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kumarganj constituency [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mahmuda Begum 62,21246.93+0.98#
CPI(M) Mafuja Khatun 57,99443.75−4.98
BJP Sanjib Chandra Roy6,5924.97
People's Democratic Conference of IndiaAbdullah Shaikh2,247
IndependentKhajer Mondal2,209
BSP Ranendra Nath Mali1,296
Turnout 132,55089.1
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 [4] and 2001 [5] 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 [6] and Prabodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress in 1991. [7] Dwijendra Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Afrabuddin Sarkar of Congress in 1987. [8] Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Kumar Dasgupta of Congress in 1982. [9] Jamini Kishore Mojumdar of CPI(M) defeated Khalil Sayed of Congress in 1977. [10] [11]

1967–1972

Probodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress won 1972 [12] and 1971. [13] Abinash Basu of Bangla Congress won in 1969. [14] M.Bose of Congress won in 1967. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kumarganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  4. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  11. "37 - Kumarganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.