Baghmundi
Constituency No. 240 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
LS constituencyPurulia
Established2011
Total electors191,991
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhalda municipality; Jhalda I and Baghmundi community development blocks; Hetgugui and Sirkabad gram panchayats of Arsha community development block.[1]

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2011 Baghmundi Nepal Mahata Indian National Congress[2][3][4]
2016
2021 Sushanta Mahato All India Trinamool Congress[5][6]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Baghmundi [5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Susanta Mahato 75,905 36.79 -5.24
AJSU Asutosh Mahato 61,936 30.02 +29.03
INC Nepal Mahato 51,046 24.74 -42.49
AIFB Debranjan Mahato 11,842 5.74
AMB Pashupati Mahato 2,000 0.97
SUCI(C) Mrityunjoy Singh Babu 1,188 0.58
NOTA None of the above 2,386 1.16
Majority 13,969 6.77 +2.2
Turnout 206,303
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baghmundi [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nepal Mahata 88,707 47.16
AITC Samir Mahato 80,120 42.59
BJP Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato 11,219 5.96
AMB Pasupati Mahato 2,047 1.09
AJSU Subal Prasad 1,863 0.99
Independent Rabindra Nath Sin Mura 1,102 0.59
SUCI(C) Mrityunjoy Singh Babu 1,016 0.54
NOTA None of the above 2,029 1.08
Majority 8,587 4.57
Turnout 188,103 84.18
INC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baghmundi [7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nepal Mahata 77,458 49.48 -2.00
AIFB Mangal Mahato 59,814 38.21 +2.33
AJSU Rakesh Mahato 10,797 6.90
Turnout 156,549 81.54
INC hold Swing -4.33#

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct Jhalda constituency.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Baghmundi. Elections.in. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Baghmundi". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Baghmundi". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Baghmundi Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Baghmundi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Baghmundi". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  8. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baghmundi. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  9. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Baghmundi. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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