Nagrakata Assembly constituency

Nagrakata
Constituency No. 21 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Nagrakata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
LS constituency	Alipurduars
Established	1962
Total electors	237,305
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Puna Bhengra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Nagrakata Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 21 Nagrakata Assembly constituency (ST) comprises the Nagrakat and Matiali community development blocks, along with the Banarhat II and Chamurchi gram panchayats of Dhupguri community development block. ^[1]

The Nagrakata Assembly constituency falls under the No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Nagrakata	Budhu Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1967		Budhu Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1969		Bhudhu Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1971		Punai Oraon	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972		Prem Oraon	Communist Party of India
1977		Punai Oraon	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982		Punai Oraon	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987		Chaitan Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991		Chaitan Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996		Chaitan Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001		Chaitan Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006		Sukhmoith (Piting) Oraon	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011		Joseph Munda	Indian National Congress
2016		Sukra Munda	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Puna Bhengra	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Puna Bhengra of BJP defeated his nearest rival Joseph Munda of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nagrakata

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Puna Bhengra	94,722	49.55	Winner
	AITC	Joseph Munda	71,247	37.27
	INC	Sukbir Subba	12,442	6.51
	Independent	Robat Munda	3,283	1.72
	Progressive People's Party	Benam Oraon	2,247	1.18
	Independent	Ashan Tirkey	1,774	0.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,454	2.85
Turnout			1,91,169
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sukra Munda of TMC defeated his nearest rival Joseph Munda of Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nagrakata (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukra Munda	57,306	32.46	Winner
	INC	Joseph Munda	54,078	30.63
	BJP	John Barla	47,836	27.10
	ABGL	Ganesh Lama	3,855	2.18
	Independent	Indar Deo Oraon	3,829	2.17
	Independent	Pawan Kumar Kherwar	3,442	1.95
	None of the Above	None of the Above	6,196	3.51
Majority			3,228	1.83
Turnout			1,76,542	82.55
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Joseph Munda of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sukhmoith Oraon of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nagrakata (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joseph Munda	46,537	30.27	Winner
	CPI(M)	Sukhmoith (Piting) Oraon	43,774	29.77
	JMM	William Minj	40,664	26.45
	Independent	Rajesh Lakra	20,778	13.51
Majority			763	0.50
Turnout			1,53,753	83.72
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sukhmoith (Piting) Oraon of CPI(M) won the 21 Nagrakata (ST) seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Barik of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chaitan Munda of CPI(M) defeated Ganesh Oraon of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Victor Lakra of Congress in 1996 and Bhadeya Oraon of Congress in 1991. Sukra Oraon of CPI(M) defeated Bhadea Oraon of Congress in 1987. Punai Oraon of CPI(M) defeated Tuna Oraon of Congress in 1982 and Hemraj Bhagat of Congress in 1977.

1962–1972

Prem Oraon of CPI won in 1972. Punai Oraon of CPI(M) won in 1971. Budhu Bhagat of Congress won in 1969, 1967 and 1962. In 1957 Mangru Bhagat of CPI and Budhu Bhagat of Congress won the Mal (ST) joint seat.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2001.