Maldaha Assembly constituency

Maldaha
Constituency No. 50 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
LS constituencyMaldaha Uttar
Established1951
Total electors245,962
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Maldaha is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 50 Maldaha Assembly constituency (SC) covers Old Malda Municipality, Old Malda, Narhatta gram panchayat of English Bazar community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block.[1]

Maldah Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Maldaha Nikunja Behari Gupta Indian National Congress[2]
1951 Raipada Das Independent[2]
1957 Nikunja Behari Gupta Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Matia Murmu Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Dharanidhar Sarkar Communist Party of India[4]
1967 S. Mia Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Mahammad Gafurur Rahman Indian National Congress[6]
1971 Mahammad Gafurur Rahman Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Mahammad Gafurur Rahman Indian National Congress[8]
1972 bypoll Siddhartha Shankar Ray Indian National Congress[9]
1977 Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982 Phani Bhusan Roy Indian National Congress[11]
1987 Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991 Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996 Phani Bhusan Roy Indian National Congress[14]
2001 Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006 Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011 Bhupendra Nath Halder Indian National Congress[17]
2016 Bhupendra Nath Halder Indian National Congress
2021 Gopal Chandra Saha Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Gopal Chandra Saha of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gopal Chandra Saha 93,398 45.23 +29.28
AITC Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury 77,942 37.75 +7.65
INC Bhupendra Nath Halder 26,563 12.86 −35.50
NOTA None of the above 2,818 1.36 +0.15
IND Sujit Kumar Moulik 2,128 1.03
Majority 15,456 7.58
Turnout 2,06,711 84.04
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dulal Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhupendra Nath Halder 88,243 48.36 +1.81
AITC Dulal Sarkar (Babla) 54,934 30.10
BJP Gopal Chandra Saha 29,111 15.95 +6.95
JDP Swapan Sarkar 2,703 1.48
NOTA None of the above 2,204 1.21
Majority 33,309 18.25
Turnout 1,82,564 86.41
INC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC 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
IND Niren Rajbanshi 3,066 2.09
IND Debashis Sarkar 2,352 1.60
Majority 10,755 7.35
Turnout 1,46,469 86.39
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing +5.37#

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

1977–2006

In 2006[16] and 2001[15] state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) won the Maldaha (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.[14] Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991[13] and 1987.[12] Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1982.[11] Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1977.[10][19]

1951–1972

Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972,[8] 1971[7] and 1969.[6] S.Mia of Congress won in 1967.[5] Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won in 1962.[4] Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in 1957.[3] Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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  9. ^ "List of Members (1972-77)". www.wbassembly.gov.in. West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Maldaha. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "45 - Malda (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.