Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake village, see Mahishadal. For 2. its namesake community development block, see Mahishadal (community development block).

Mahishadal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mahishadal Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Mahishadal Mahishadal (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°11′N87°59′E / 22.183°N 87.983°E / 22.183; 87.983 Coordinates: 22°11′N87°59′E / 22.183°N 87.983°E / 22.183; 87.983
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Constituency No.	208
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Electorate (year)	189,794 (2011)

Mahishadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 208 Mahishadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Mahishadal and Haldia community development blocks. ^[1]

Mahishadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Mahishadal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tilak Kumar Chakraborty	101,986	46.49
	BJP	Biswanath Banerjee	99,600	45.41
	ISF	Bikram Chatterjee	13,796	6.29
	NOTA	None of the above	1,765	0.80
	SUCI(C)	Tapan Kumar Maity	982	0.45
	Independent	Phajlur Rahaman Sk.	788	0.38
	Independent	Koushik Das	438	0.20
Turnout			219,355
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mahisadal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar	94,827	48.10	-7.19
	Independent	Dr. Subrata Maiti	78,118	39.82
	BJP	Prasenjit Samanta	14,150	7.18	+3.84
	Bharat Nirman Party	Tapan Kumar Banerjee	2,832	1.44
	NOTA	None of the above	2,025	1.03
	Independent	Subrata Maity	1,918	0.97
	PDS	Sukumar Chaulya	1,362	0.69
	SUCI(C)	Tapan Maity	1,048	0.53
	LJP	Maslema Begam	866	0.44
Turnout			197,146	89.07	-2.08
	AITC hold		Swing

Dr. Subrata Maiti, contesting as an Independent candidate, was supported by the Left - Congress Alliance.

2011

In the 2011 elections, Dr.Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M).

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar	95,640	55.29	+5.49#
	CPI (M)	Tamalika Panda Seth	67,478	39.01	-9.98
	BJP	Prasenjit Samanta	5,783	3.34
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Sk. Ajad Ali	1,875
	Independent	Keramat Baks Mallik	1,436
	PDS	Sukumar Chaulya	78
Turnout			172,994	91.15
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	15.47#

Tamalika Panda Seth, the contesting CPIM candidate From Mahisadal, is wife of the CPI(M) strongman Lakshman Chandra Seth. ^[5]

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M) won the 204 Mahishadal assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhowmick of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated Dr. Subrata Maiti of CPI(M) in 2001. Sukumar Das of Congress defeated Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987. Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Ramani Mohan Maity of Congress in 1982. Saswati Bag of Janata Party defeated Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) in 1977. ^[6]

1951-1972

Ahindra Mishra of Congress won in 1972. Sushil Kumar Dhara representing Bangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and representing Congress in 1962. In 1957 Mahishadal was a dual seat. It was won by Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of PSP and Mahtab Chand Das of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, the Mahisadal seat was won by the Independent candidate, Kumar Deba Prosad Garga. ^[7]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
2. "Mahishadal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mahishadal. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Mahishadal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
5. "Left Unlikely to Reverse Trend". The Statesman, 29 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
6. "204 - Mahishadal Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
7. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.