Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Memari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Memari Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Memari Memari (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°12′N88°07′E / 23.200°N 88.117°E / 23.200; 88.117 Coordinates: 23°12′N88°07′E / 23.200°N 88.117°E / 23.200; 88.117
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	265
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	38. Bardhaman Purba
Electorate (year)	203,280 (2011)

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 265 Memari assembly constituency covers Memari municipality, Memari I community development block, and Kuchut, Satgachhia II gram panchayats of Memari II community development block. Barapalason-I, Barapalason-II, Bohar-I, Bohar-II, Bijur-I, Bijur-II and Satgachhia-I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block are part of Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Memari assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Jamalpur	Suchand Soren	Communist Party of India [3]
1967		P.Bishayee	Indian National Congress [4]
1969		Benoy Krishna Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1971		Benoy Krishna Konar	Communist Party of India [6]
1972		Naba Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [7]
1977		Benoy Krishna Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1982		Maharani Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987		Maharani Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991		Maharani Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996		Tapas Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001		Tapash Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2006		Sandhya Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14] [15]
2011		Abul Hasem Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Nargis Begum	All India Trinamool Congress [17] [18]
2021		Madhusudan Bhattacharya	All India Trinamool Congress [19]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Memari ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Madhusudan Bhattacharya	104,851	47.92	1.57
	BJP	Bhismadeb Bhattacharya	81,773	37.37	29.89
	CPI(M)	Sanat Banerjee	25,618	11.71	30.28
	BSP	Kalpana Mondal	2,121	0.97	0.17
	BMUP	Tarun Kanti Dhali	1,737	0.79
	Independent	Manab Banerjee	1,029	0.47
	NOTA	None of the above	1,673	0.76
Turnout			218,802
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Memari constituency ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nargis Begum	94,406	46.35	-1.91
	CPI(M)	Debashis Ghosh	85,523	41.99	-4.53
	BJP	Bhismadeb Bhattacharya	15,231	7.48	+5.78
	Independent	Srabanti Majumder	2,344	1.15
	BSP	Dinesh Sikdar	2,325	1.14	+0.6
	NOTA	None of the above	2,287	1.12
	JDP	Budo Murmu	1,558	0.76	-0.29
Turnout			203,674	87.31	-3.53
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Memari ^{[20] [21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abul Hasan Mondal	89,083	48.24	+12.89#
	CPI(M)	Debashis Ghosh	85,905	46.52	-14.11
	BJP	Biswajit Poddar	3,138	1.70
	JMM	Ananda Mohan Biswas	2,036
	JDP	Sukumar Saren	1,936	1.05
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Radharani Murmu	1,578
	BSP	Mukul Biswas	989	0.54
Turnout			184,665	90.84
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+27.00#

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

1977-2006

Sandhya Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Memari assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sk. Mohammad Ismile of Trinamool Congress in the 2006 assembly elections. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Tapas Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Syed Mustaq Murshed of Trinamool Congress and Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Maharani Konar of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Ohidmolla, Naba Kumar Chatterjee and Sabyasachi Samanta, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Benoy Konar of CPI(M) defeated Surya Narayan Pal of Janata Party. ^[23]

1962-1972

Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Krishna Konar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. P.Bishayee won in 1967. In 1962, Suchand Soren of CPI won the Memari seat reserved for scheduled tribes. ^[24] Prior to that the seat did not exist.

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