Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Minakhan, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Minakhan.

Minakhan
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Minakhan Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Minakhan Minakhan (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°31′00″N88°42′38″E / 22.51667°N 88.71056°E / 22.51667; 88.71056 Coordinates: 22°31′00″N88°42′38″E / 22.51667°N 88.71056°E / 22.51667; 88.71056
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No	122
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Basirhat
Electorate (year)	164,494 (2011)

Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 122 Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Minakhan community development block, and Bakjuri, Kulti, Shalipur and Sonapukur Sankarpur gram panchayats of Haroa community development block. ^[1]

Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Minakhan	Usha Rani Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [2]
2016		Usha Rani Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Usha Rani Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Minakhan (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Usha Rani Mondal	109,818	51.72	-4.04
	BJP	Jayanta Mondal	53,988	25.42	+18.09
	CPI (M)	Pradyut Roy	44,606	21.01	-11.74
	NOTA	None of the above	3,940	1.86	-0.15
Turnout			212,352	94.04	+5.49
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Minakhan (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Usha Rani Mondal	103,210	55.76	+7.10
	CPI (M)	Dinabandhu Mondal	60,612	32.75	-11.19
	BJP	Jayanta Mondal	13,566	7.33	+1.82
	BSP	Krishna Kinkar Das	3,995	2.16
	NOTA	None of the above	3,718	2.01
Turnout			185,101	88.55	-3.31
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Minakhan (SC) constituency ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Usha Rani Mondal	73,533	48.66
	CPI (M)	Dilip Roy	66,397	43.94
	BJP	Bhabesh Patra	8,323	5.51
	Independent	Ajit Pramanik	2,849
Turnout			151,102	91.86
	AITC win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Minakhan. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.