Maldah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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 Maldah
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| Coordinates: 25°02′N 88°08′E / 25.033°N 88.133°ECoordinates: 25°02′N 88°08′E / 25.033°N 88.133°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Maldah |
| Constituency No | 50 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 7. Maldaha Uttar |
| Electorate (year) | 169,354 (2011) |
Maldah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelt as Malda) is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
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Overview [edit]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 50 Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Old Maldaha municipality, Maldaha community development block, Narhatta gram panchayat of English Bazar community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block.[1]
Maldah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).
Election results [edit]
2011 [edit]
In the 2011 election, Bhupendranath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Maldaha [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Congress | Bhupendra Nath Halder | 68,155 | 46.55 | +3.43# | |
| CPI(M) | Rahul Ranjan Das | 57,400 | 39.21 | -1.94 | |
| BJP | Kusum Roy | 13,180 | 9.00 | ||
| Independent | Niren Rajbanshi | 3,066 | |||
| Independent | Debashis Sarkar | 2,352 | |||
| BSP | Haridas Karmakar | 2,256 | |||
| Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +5.37# | |||
| Turnout | 146,409 | 86.45 | |||
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Indian National Congress | 8 |  4 |
| Trinamool Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 |  5 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 1 |
| Forward bloc | 1 | 0 |
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)
1977–2006 [edit]
In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) won the Malda (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress and Phani Bhusan Roy of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1996. Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1982. Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1977.[5]
1951–1972 [edit]
Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. S.Mia of Congress won in 1967. Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won in 1962. Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in 1957. Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won in independent India’s first election in 1951.[6]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Maldaha". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Maldaha. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates, Phase I". West Bengal Assembly Election 2011. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ "45 - Malda (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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