Onda
Constituency No. 254 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
LS constituencyBishnupur
Established1957
Total electors199,396
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Onda Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 254 Onda Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Onda community development block; and Bikna, Kosthia, Narrah and Sanbandha gram panchayats of Bankura II community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Members[2] Party
2011 Arup Kumar Khan All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Arup Kumar Khan All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Amarnath Shakha Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Onda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arup Kumar Khan 80,603 40.70 -2.80
AIFB Manik Mukherjee 69,755 35.23 -7.93
BJP Amarnath Shakha 27,417 13.85 +8.07
Independent Ashoke Chattopadhyay 6,158 3.11
BSP Sadhan Chattaraj 5,015 2.53 +0.69
NOTA None of the above 4,489 2.27
SUCI(C) Sabiruddin Bhuina 3,042 1.54
CPI(ML)L Baidyanath China 1,539 0.78 -1.66
Turnout 198,018 86.63 -0.63
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Onda [3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arup Kumar Khan 75,699 43.50 +11.03#
AIFB Tarapada Chakrabarti 75,103 43.16 -17.10
BJP Amarnath Shakha 10,056 5.78
CPI(ML)L Baidyanath China 4,245 2.44
BSP Amitava De 3,201 1.84
JMM Abdul Hai Mallick 2,141 1.23
JVM(P) Abdul Samid Mandal 1,787 1.03
JDP Dilip Murmu 1,783 1.02
Turnout 174,015 87.27
AITC gain from AIFB Swing 28.13#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Tarapada Chakrabarti of Forward Bloc won the Onda assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abeda Bibi Sk of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only the winner and runners are being mentioned. Anil Mukherjee of Forward Bloc defeated Sk. Sajahan of Congress in 2001, Arup Khan of Congress in 1996, Sambhu Narayan Goswami of Congress in 1991, Tapan Banerjee of Congress in 1987 and Sambhu Narayan Goswami of Congress in 1982 and 1977.[6]

1957-1972

Sambhu Narayan Goswami of Congress won in 1972. Manik Dutta of CPI(M) won in 1971. Anil Kumar Mukherjee of Forward Block won in 1969. S.Dutta of Congress won in 1967. Gokul Behari Das of Congress won in 1962. Onda dual seat was won by Gokul Behari Das and Ashutosh Mallick, both of Congress, in 1957. The Onda seat did not exist prior to that.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Onda Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Onda Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Onda". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Onda. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Onda. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. ^ "252 - Onda Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  7. ^ "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.
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