Nayagram Assembly constituency

Nayagram
Constituency No. 220 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Nayagram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Jhargram
LS constituency	Jhargram
Established	1962
Total electors	174,987
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dulal Murmu
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Nayagram is an assembly constituency in Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 220 Nayagram Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Nayagram and Gopiballavpur I community development blocks, and Chorchita, Kuliana and Nota gram panchayats of Gopiballavpur II CD Block. ^[1]

Nayagram Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 33 Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST). ^[1]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nayagram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dulal Murmu	100,903	52.00	-6.00
	BJP	Bakul Murmu	78,149	41.00	+7.50
	CPI(M)	Haripada Saren	5,755
	SUCI(C)	Kalicharan Beshra	685
	BSP	Shyam Mandi	1,844
	Independent	Bidhan Chandra Sing	896
	Independent	Shyamlal Hansda	897
	None of the Above	None of the above	3,077
Majority
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nayagram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dulal Murmu	98,395	58.00	+7.60
	BJP	Bakul Murmu	55,140	33.50	+28.00
	INC	Manoj Kumar Tudu	14,094
	SUCI(C)	Naran Hembram	1,451
	None of the Above	None of the above	3,456
	Independent	Ramesh Chandra Sing	1,302
	Independent	Rupai Hembram	1,173
Majority
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dulal Murmu	75,656	50.34	+30.72
	CPI(M)	Bhutnath Soren	59,382	39.51	-21.32
	BJP	Chitta Ranjan Hembram	8,304
	Independent	Subodh Kumar Mandi	4,054
	JDP	Madan Mohan Hansda	2,894
Turnout			150,290	85.89
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	52.04

1977-2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhutnath Saren of CPI(M) won the Nayagram assembly seat defeating Shunaram Mahali of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Mangal Hansda of JMM in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Subhas Chandra Saren of CPI(M) defeated Madhu Sudan Saren of Congress in 1996. Ananta Saren of CPI(M) defeated Bishnu Saren of Jharkhand Party in 1991, Dasarathi Saren of Congress in 1987, and Liba Chand Tudu, Independent, in 1982. Budhadeb Singh of CPI(M) defeated Subodh Handa of Janata Party in 1977. ^[5]

1962-1972

Dasarathi Saren of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Jagarati Hansda of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Debendranath Hansda won the Nayagram seat in 1962. ^[6] Prior to that the Nayagram seat was not there.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "Nayagram". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nayagram. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nayagram. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "229 - Nayagram (ST) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
6. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.