Purba Medinipur district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division –one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarters in Tamluk. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Medinipur into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of Odisha is at the southwest border;the Bay of Bengal lies in the south;the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east;Howrah district to the north-east;Paschim Medinipur district to the west.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Contai popularly known as Kanthi is a coastal and subdivisional city and a municipality in Purba Medinipur district,West Bengal,India. It is the headquarters of the Contai subdivision.
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. As per census 2011 Hindus form 89.7% of electors rest by Muslims,Sikhs and others.
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2021 and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nandigram Assembly constituency since 2021 and from Contai South from 2006 to 2009.
Nabagram is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Narghat Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Nandigram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mugberia Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Patashpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Egra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Krishna Bose was an Indian politician,educator,author and social worker. She was a Member of Parliament elected from the Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.
The partial list of political families of West Bengal state of India.
Sudhir Kumar Giri was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Contai constituency,West Bengal in 1980,1989,1991,1996 and 1998.He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative assembly from Ramnagar,Purba Medinipur in 1987.
Dibyendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal in India. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk in 2019 as a member of All India Trinamool Congress.
The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election was the 17th quinquennial legislative election held in West Bengal,to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021,taking place in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed to 30 September 2021.
Nandigram Vidhan Sabha constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The General election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal for 292 constituencies out of the 294 constituencies in West Bengal was held between 27 March to 29 April 2021 in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed and was scheduled to be held on 16 May 2021. Polling in Nandigram took place on 1 April.
