Maldaha Assembly constituency

Maldaha
Constituency No. 50 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Maldaha Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Uttar
Established	1951
Total electors	245,962
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gopal Chandra Saha
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Maldaha is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 50 Maldaha Assembly constituency (SC) covers Old Malda Municipality, Old Malda, Narhatta gram panchayat of English Bazar community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block. ^[1]

Maldah Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Maldaha	Nikunja Behari Gupta	Indian National Congress [2]
1951		Raipada Das	Independent [2]
1957		Nikunja Behari Gupta	Indian National Congress [3]
1957		Matia Murmu	Indian National Congress [3]
1962		Dharanidhar Sarkar	Communist Party of India [4]
1967		S. Mia	Indian National Congress [5]
1969		Mahammad Gafurur Rahman	Indian National Congress [6]
1971		Mahammad Gafurur Rahman	Indian National Congress [7]
1972		Mahammad Gafurur Rahman	Indian National Congress [8]
1972 bypoll		Siddhartha Shankar Ray	Indian National Congress [9]
1977		Subhendu Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Phani Bhusan Roy	Indian National Congress [11]
1987		Subhendu Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Subhendu Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Phani Bhusan Roy	Indian National Congress [14]
2001		Subhendu Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006		Subhendu Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2011		Bhupendra Nath Halder	Indian National Congress [17]
2016		Bhupendra Nath Halder	Indian National Congress
2021		Gopal Chandra Saha	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Gopal Chandra Saha of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gopal Chandra Saha	93,398	45.23	+29.28
	AITC	Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury	77,942	37.75	+7.65
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Halder	26,563	12.86	-35.50
	NOTA	None of the above	2,818	1.36	+0.15
	IND	Sujit Kumar Moulik	2,128	1.03
Majority			15,456	7.58
Turnout			2,06,711	84.04
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dulal Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Halder	88,243	48.36	+1.81
	AITC	Dulal Sarkar (Babla)	54,934	30.10
	BJP	Gopal Chandra Saha	29,111	15.95	+6.95
	JDP	Swapan Sarkar	2,703	1.48
	NOTA	None of the above	2,204	1.21
Majority			33,309	18.25
Turnout			1,82,564	86.41
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Halder	68,155	46.55	+3.43#
	CPI(M)	Rahul Ranjan Das	57,400	39.21	-1.94
	BJP	Kusum Roy	13,180	9.00
	IND	Niren Rajbanshi	3,066	2.09
	IND	Debashis Sarkar	2,352	1.60
Majority			10,755	7.35
Turnout			1,46,469	86.39
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+5.37#

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

1977–2006

In 2006 ^[16] and 2001 ^[15] state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) won the Maldaha (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress and Phani Bhusan Roy of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[14] Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991 ^[13] and 1987. ^[12] Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1982. ^[11] Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1977. ^{[10] [19]}

1951–1972

Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972, ^[8] 1971 ^[7] and 1969. ^[6] S.Mia of Congress won in 1967. ^[5] Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won in 1962. ^[4] Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in 1957. ^[3] Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[2]

References

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