Maheshtala Assembly constituency

Maheshtala
Constituency No. 155 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Maheshtala Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1951
Total electors	270,858
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dulal Chandra Das
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Maheshtala Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Maheshtala Assembly constituency is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Ward Nos. 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of Maheshtala municipality

Maheshtala Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1952	Maheshtala	Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India [2]
1957		Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India [3]
1962		Ahammad Ali Mufti	Indian National Congress [4]
1967		Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1969		Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971		Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972		Bhupen Bijali	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Mir Abdus Sayeed	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Abul Basar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Abul Basar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Mursalin Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Mursalin Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Mursalin Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Kasturi Das	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Kasturi Das	All India Trinamool Congress
2018 by-election		Dulal Chandra Das	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2021		Dulal Chandra Das	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Maheshtala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dulal Chandra Das	124,008	56.00
	BJP	Umesh Das	66,059	30.00
	CPI(M)	Pravat Chowdhury	25,276	11.00
		None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates	~4,500	2.00
Majority			57,949
	AITC hold		Swing

By-Election 2018

By-Election, 2018: Maheshtala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dulal Chandra Das	1,04,818
	BJP	Sujit Kumar Ghosh	41,992
	CPI(M)	Pravat Chowdhury	30,316
	NOTA	None of the above	3,144
Turnout			174,942	81.55
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	15.26

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Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Maheshtala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kasturi Das	93,675
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	81,223
	BJP	Kartic Ch. Ghosh	14,909
	NOTA	None of the above	3,144
Turnout			174,942	81.55
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	15.26

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Maheshtala ^{[16] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kasturi Das	92,211	52.71	+4.10
	CPI(M)	Sheikh Mohammed Israil	67,928	38.83	−11.16
	Independent	Ramani Naskar	7,971
	BJP	Sisir Kumar Mukherjee	3,689
	IUML	Sagirauddin Laskar	1,882
	PDS	Debashish Bose	1,168
	Independent	Monoranjan Naskar	80
Turnout			174,942	81.55
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	15.26

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, 2001 and 1996, Mursalin Molla of CPI(M) won the Maheshtala Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals Dulal Das of INC in 2006, ^[15] Biman Banerjee of AITC in 2001 ^[14] and Gouranga Mukherjee of INC in 1996. ^[13] Abul Basar of CPI(M) defeated Malay Chowdhury of INC in 1991 ^[12] and Habibur Rahman of INC in 1987. ^[11] Mir Abdus Sayeed of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Ghose, Independent politician, in 1982. ^[10] Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI(M) defeated Mali Safiuddin of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[9] [20]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Bhupen Bijali of INC won in 1972. ^[8] Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1971, ^[7] 1969 ^[6] and 1967. ^[5] Ahammad Ali Mufti of INC won in 1962. ^[4] Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI won in 1957 ^[3] and 1952. ^[2]

References

Citations

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