Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Onda
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Onda Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Onda Onda (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°08′00″N87°12′00″E / 23.13333°N 87.20000°E / 23.13333; 87.20000 Coordinates: 23°08′00″N87°12′00″E / 23.13333°N 87.20000°E / 23.13333; 87.20000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Constituency No.	254
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	37. Bishnupur
Electorate (year)	199,396 (2011)

Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 254 Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Onda community development block; and Bikna, Kosthia, Narrah and Sanbandha gram panchayats of Bankura II community development block. ^[1]

Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Members [2]	Party
2011	Arup Kumar Khan	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Arup Kumar Khan	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Amarnath Shakha	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Onda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arup Kumar Khan	80,603	40.70	-2.80
	AIFB	Manik Mukherjee	69,755	35.23	-7.93
	BJP	Amarnath Shakha	27,417	13.85	+8.07
	Independent	Ashoke Chattopadhyay	6,158	3.11
	BSP	Sadhan Chattaraj	5,015	2.53	+0.69
	NOTA	None of the above	4,489	2.27
	SUCI(C)	Sabiruddin Bhuina	3,042	1.54
	CPI(ML)L	Baidyanath China	1,539	0.78	-1.66
Turnout			198,018	86.63	-0.63
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Onda ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arup Kumar Khan	75,699	43.50	+11.03#
	AIFB	Tarapada Chakrabarti	75,103	43.16	-17.10
	BJP	Amarnath Shakha	10,056	5.78
	CPI(ML)L	Baidyanath China	4,245	2.44
	BSP	Amitava De	3,201	1.84
	JMM	Abdul Hai Mallick	2,141	1.23
	JVM(P)	Abdul Samid Mandal	1,787	1.03
	JDP	Dilip Murmu	1,783	1.02
Turnout			174,015	87.27
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	28.13#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Tarapada Chakrabarti of Forward Bloc won the Onda assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abeda Bibi Sk of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only the winner and runners are being mentioned. Anil Mukherjee of Forward Bloc defeated Sk. Sajahan of Congress in 2001, Arup Khan of Congress in 1996, Sambhu Narayan Goswami of Congress in 1991, Tapan Banerjee of Congress in 1987 and Sambhu Narayan Goswami of Congress in 1982 and 1977. ^[6]

1957-1972

Sambhu Narayan Goswami of Congress won in 1972. Manik Dutta of CPI(M) won in 1971. Anil Kumar Mukherjee of Forward Block won in 1969. S.Dutta of Congress won in 1967. Gokul Behari Das of Congress won in 1962. Onda dual seat was won by Gokul Behari Das and Ashutosh Mallick, both of Congress, in 1957. The Onda seat did not exist prior to that. ^[7]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
2. "Onda Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Onda Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Onda". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Onda. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Onda. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "252 - Onda Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
7. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.