Kumarganj Assembly constituency

This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Kumarganj. For 2 its namesake village, see Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur.

Kumarganj
Constituency No. 38 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kumarganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
LS constituency	Balurghat
Established	1967
Total electors	203,986
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Toraf Hossain Mandal
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Kumarganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 38 Kumarganj Assembly constituency covers Kumarganj community development block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday gram panchayats of Gangarampur community development block. ^[1]

Kumarganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Kumarganj	M.Bose	Indian National Congress [2]
1969		Abinash Basu	Bangla Congress [3]
1971		Probodh Kumar Singha Roy	Indian National Congress [4]
1972		Probodh Kumar Singha Roy	Indian National Congress [5]
1977		Jamini Kishore Mojumdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1982		Dwijendra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1987		Dwijendra Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1991		Dwijendra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1996		Dwijendra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
2001		Mafuja Khatun	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2006		Mafuja Khatun	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2011		Mahamuda Begam	All India Trinamool Congress [13]
2016		Toraf Hossain Mandal	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Toraf Hossain Mandal	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kumarganj constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Toraf Hossain Mandal	89,763	53.00
	BJP	Manas Sarkar	60,396	35.00
	INC	Chaudhuri Nargis Banu	17,478	10.00
	SUCI(C)	Ranajit Deb	1,215	1.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,125	1.00
	Kamatapur Peoples Party (United)	Rubel Sarkar	951	1.00
Majority			29,367
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Mahamuda Begam of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Mafuja Khatun of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kumarganj constituency ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mahamuda Begam	62,212	46.93	+0.98#
	CPI(M)	Mafuja Khatun	57,994	43.75	-4.98
	BJP	Sanjib Chandra Roy	6,592	4.97
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Abdullah Shaikh	2,247
	Independent	Khajer Mondal	2,209
	BSP	Ranendra Nath Mali	1,296
Turnout			132,550	89.1
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.96#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 ^[12] and 2001 ^[11] state assembly elections, Mafuja Khatun of CPI(M) won the Kumarganj assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Ahmad Ali Sardar and Nani Gopal Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Parinita Singha Roy of Congress in 1996 ^[10] and Prabodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress in 1991. ^[9] Dwijendra Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Afrabuddin Sarkar of Congress in 1987. ^[8] Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Kumar Dasgupta of Congress in 1982. ^[7] Jamini Kishore Mojumdar of CPI(M) defeated Khalil Sayed of Congress in 1977. ^{[6] [15]}

1967–1972

Probodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress won 1972 ^[5] and 1971. ^[4] Abinash Basu of Bangla Congress won in 1969. ^[3] M.Bose of Congress won in 1967. ^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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8. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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11. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
14. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kumarganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
15. "37 - Kumarganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.