Monteswar
Constituency No. 263 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBardhaman–Durgapur
Established1952
Total electors191,654
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Monteswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 263 Monteswar assembly constituency covers Baghsan, Vagra Mulgram, Denur, Jamna, Kusumgram, Majhergram, Mamudpur I, Monteswar, Pipalan and Shushunia gram panchayats of Manteswar community development block and Barapalason I, Barapalason II, Bohar I, Bohar II, Bijur I, Bijur II and Satgachhia I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.[1]

Monteswar assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Monteswar Annada Prasad Mandal Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Bhakta Chandra Roy Independent[3]
1962 Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah Communist Party of India[4]
1967 N.C.Chaudhuri Indian National Congress [5]
1969 Kashinath Hazra Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Kashinath Hazra Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972 Tuhin Kumar Samanta Indian National Congress [8]
1977 Hemanta Kumar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982 Hemanta Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987 Hemanta Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991 Abu Ayesh Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996 Abu Ayesh Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001 Abu Ayesh Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006 Chaudhuri Md. Hedayetullah Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15][16]
2011 Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
2016 Sajal Panja All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2016 By election Saikat Panja All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Siddiqullah Chowdhury All India Trinamool Congress [19]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Monteswar [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Siddiqullah Chowdhury 105,460 50.44 -27.73
BJP Saikat Panja 73,655 35.24 +420.46
CPI(M) Anupam Ghosh 24,740 11.48 +23.53
CPI(ML)L Ansarul Aman Mondal (Babu) 1,877 0.90
PDS Nasimul Gani Sayed 1,693 0.81
NOTA None of the above 1,611 0.77
Turnout 209,036
AITC hold Swing

2016 by-election

2016 by-election: Monteswar 19 November 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Saikat Panja 147,316 77.59 +33.48
CPI(M) Md. Osman Gani Sarkar 20,189 10.63 -33.11
BJP Biswajit Poddar 16,073 8.47 +0.37
INC Bulbul Ahammed Sekh 2,885 1.52 N/A
CPI(ML)L Ansarul Aman Mondal 1,463 0.77 N/A
PDS Sheikh Ekramul Hossain 778 0.41 N/A
NOTA None of the above 1,168 0.62 -0.66
Majority 127,127 66.96 +66.59
Turnout 189,872 86.90 -0.39
Registered electors 218,480
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Monteswar [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sajal Panja 84,134 44.11
CPI(M) Chaudhuri Mohd. Hidayatullah 83,428 43.74
BJP Biswajit Poddar 15,452 8.10
BSP Khokan Das 2,644 1.38
MPI Jagabandhu Malik 1,437 0.75
JDP Premchand Soren 1,190 0.62
NOTA None of the above 2,445 1.28
Majority 706 0.37
Turnout 190,730 87.29
Registered electors 218,480
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Monteswar [20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Choudhury Mohd. Hedaetullaha 81,822 47.24 -10.69
AITC Abu Ayash Mondal 78,524 45.34 +6.51#
People's Democratic Conference of India Abdul Kased Shaikh 4,890
BJP Sakshi Gopal Ghosh 4,027
JDP Sunil Soren 2,036
BSP Sukumar Das 1,064
CPI(ML)L Annada Prasad Bhattacharyya 824
Turnout 173,187 90.36
CPI(M) hold Swing -17.20#

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

1977-2006

Narayan Hazra Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress lost the Monteswar Assembly seat in 2006 defeated by Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah of CPI(M) . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996 and 1991, Abu Ayesh Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Narayan Hazara Choudhury of Trinamool Congress, Debabrata Roy of Congress and Biseswar Bhattacharya of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Hemanta Roy of CPI(M) defeated Tuhin Samanta of Congress.[22]

1951-1972

In 1972, Tuhin Samanta of Congress won the seat. In 1971 and 1969, Kashinath Hazra Choudhury of CPI(M) won the seat. N.C.Chaudhuri of Congress won the seat in 1967. Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah of CPI won the seat in 1962. Bhakta Chandra Roy (Independent) won the seat in 1957. Ananda Prasad Mondal of Congress won the seat in independent India's first election in 1951.[23]

References

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  5. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 329. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 329. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 333. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 324. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 354. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 347. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 354. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 364. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 372. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 363. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  15. ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Manteswar. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  16. ^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Manteswar. Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Manteswar. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Monteswar". Election Results. India.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Monteswar Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Monteswar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Monteswar. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  22. ^ "278 – Manteswar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  23. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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