Tamluk
Constituency No. 203 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Tamluk Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyTamluk
Established1952
Total electors209,751
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Tamluk Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 203 Tamluk Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block, and Sahid Matangini community development block.[1]

Tamluk Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Tamluk Ajoy Mukherjee Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Ajoy Mukherjee Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Ajoy Mukherjee Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Ajoy Mukherjee Bangla Congress[5]
1967 by-poll Ajoy Malakar Bangla Congress[6]
1969 Ajoy Mukherjee Bangla Congress[7]
1971 Ajoy Mukherjee Indian National Congress[8]
1972 Ajoy Mukherjee Indian National Congress[9]
1977 Biswanath Mukherjee Communist Party of India[10]
1982 Biswanath Mukherjee Communist Party of India[11]
1987 Surajit Bagchi Communist Party of India[12]
1991 Anil Mudi Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Anil Mudi Indian National Congress[14]
2001 Nirbed Roy All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006 Jagannath Mitra Communist Party of India[16]
2011 Dr. Somen Mahapatra All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Ashok Dinda Communist Party of India
2021 Dr. Somen Mahapatra All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Tamluk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Saumen Kumar Mahapatra 108,243 45.86 +0.86
BJP Hare Krishna Bera 107,450 45.52 +38.82
CPI Goutam Panda 14,718 6.24 -38.96
SUCI(C) Jnanananda Roy 2,756 1.17 -0.83
NOTA None of the above 1,136 0.48 -0.64
Independent Bhim Patra 774 0.33
Independent Sandip Batabyal 762 0.32
AMB Sulalit Mallick 192 0.08
Majority 793 0.34 +0.14
Turnout 236,031 92.33 +4.50
AITC gain from CPI Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Tamluk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Ashok Dinda 95,432 45.20 +3.32
AITC Nirbed Roy 94,912 45.00 -7.82
BJP Biswajit Dutta 14,144 6.70 +3.83
SUCI(C) Satish Saw 4,244 2.00
NOTA None of the above 2,394 1.12
Independent Gautam Dutta 874 0.40
Bharat Nirman Party Ranjan Malakar 758 0.40
Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party Tapas Chakraborty 329 0.20
Indian Unity Centre Rejman Mullick 323 0.20
Majority 520 0.20
Turnout 213,410 87.83 -2.21
CPI gain from AITC Swing

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tamluk [18][19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Somen Mahapatra 99,765 52.82 +6.94#
CPI Jagannath Mitra 79,089 41.88 -40454
BJP Malay Kumar Singha 5,423 2.87
Independent Ram Chandra Maity 1,610
People’s Democratic Conference of India Khairuddin Rahaman 1,563
Indian Unity Centre Ataul Rahaman Bhunya 1,414
Turnout 188,864 90.04
AITC gain from CPI Swing 14.06#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Jagannath Mitra of CPI won the 203 Tamluk assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chittaranjan Maiti of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirbed Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Santosh Rana of CPI in 2001. Anil Mudi of Congress defeated Surajit Bagchi of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Surajit Bagchi of CPI defeated Anil Mudi of Congress in 1987. Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI defeated Sukumar Das representing ICS in 1982 and representing Congress in 1977.[21]

1951-1972

Ajoy Mukherjee representing Indian National Congress won in 1972, representing Bangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and earlier representing Congress won in 1962, 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Profile:Shri Ajoy Malakar". www.wbassembly.gov.in. West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  15. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Tamluk". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Tamluk. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Tamluk. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  21. ^ "202 - Tamluk Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  22. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
Categories