Sonamukhi Assembly constituency

Sonamukhi
Constituency No. 258 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Sonamukhi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
LS constituency	Bishnupur
Established	1951
Total electors	180,316
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dibakar Gharami
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Sonamukhi is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 258 Sonamukhi Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sonamukhi municipality; Sonamukhi community development block; and Belut Rasulpur, Beersingha, Hamirpur, Narayanpur and Patrasayar gram panchayats of Patrasayer community development block. ^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Members [2]	Party
2011	Dipali Saha	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Ajit Ray	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	Dibakar Gharami	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sonamukhi ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ajit Ray	86,125	46.05	+0.67
	AITC	Dipali Saha	77,406	41.39	-8.41
	BJP	Debjani Roy	15,118	8.08	+3.46
	NOTA	None of the above	4,811	2.57	+2.57
Turnout			1,87,035	88.99	-2.55
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sonamukhi ^{[3] [6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dipali Saha	82,199	49.80	+11.34#
	CPI(M)	Monoranjan Chongre	74,910	45.38	-11.01
	BJP	Madhab Bagdi	7,961	4.62
Turnout			165,070	91.54
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	22.35#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Niresh Bagdi of CPI(M) won the Sonamukhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dipali Saha of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sukhendu Khan of CPI(M) defeated Dipali Saha of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Haradhan Bauri of CPI(M) defeated Pulakesh Saha of Congress in 1996 and Sastidhar Bagdi of Congress in 1991. Sukhendu Khan of CPI(M) defeated Kallol Saha of Congress in 1987, Sasthi Bauri of Congress in 1982 and Kanai Saha of Janata Party in 1977. ^[8]

1952-1972

Gurupada Khan of Congress won in 1972. Sukhendu Khan of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. K.Saha of Congress won in 1967. The Sonamukhi seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1952, the Sonamukhi dual seat was won by Shishuram Mandal and Bhabataran Chakrabarty, both of Congress. ^[9]

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. "Sonamukhi Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Sonamukhi Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Sonamukhi". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sonamukhi. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sonamukhi. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sonamukhi. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sonamukhi. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
8. "256 - Sonamukhi (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
9. "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.