Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Maheshtala | |
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Vidhan Sabha Constituency | |
Maheshtala Location in West Bengal Maheshtala Location in India | |
Coordinates: 22.5120°N 88.2510°E | |
Country | |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Constituency No. | 155 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
Electorate (year) | 214,525 (2011) |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:[1]
- Ward No. 8 and Ward No. 11 to Ward No. 35 of Maheshtala Municipality
Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1952 | Maheshtala | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India[2] |
1957 | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India[3] | |
1962 | Ahammad Ali Mufti | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1967 | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
1969 | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
1971 | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
1972 | Bhupen Bijali | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1977 | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1982 | Mir Abdus Sayeed | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1987 | Abul Basar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1991 | Abul Basar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1996 | Mursalin Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
2001 | Mursalin Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2006 | Mursalin Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
2011 | Kasturi Das | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
2016 | Kasturi Das | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election Results
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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AITC | Kasturi Das | 92,211 | 52.71 | +4.10 | |
CPI (M) | Sheikh Mohammed Israil | 67,928 | 38.83 | -11.16 | |
Independent | Ramani Naskar | 7,971 | |||
BJP | Sisir Kumar Mukherjee | 3,689 | |||
IUML | Sagirauddin Laskar | 1,882 | |||
PDS | Debashish Bose | 1,168 | |||
Independent | Monoranjan Naskar | 80 | |||
Turnout | 174,942 | 81.55 | |||
AITC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | 15.26 | |||
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 26 | |
Indian National Congress | 0 | |
SUCI(C) | 1 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)
Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Vote share | Swing | |||||||
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Trinamool Congress | 184 | |||||||||||
Indian National Congress | 65[template reference 1] | 42 | ||||||||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 40 | |||||||||||
All India Forward Bloc | 11 | |||||||||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 7 | |||||||||||
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | 3 | |||||||||||
Communist Party of India | 2 | |||||||||||
Samajwadi Party | 1 | |||||||||||
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 1 | |||||||||||
Independents | 2 | |||||||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 0 | |||||||||||
Trinamool and allies | 227 | |||||||||||
Left Front | 62 | |||||||||||
Total | - | 294 | - | |||||||||
Turnout: | ||||||||||||
Source: Election Commission of India |
Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006
In 2006, 2001 and 1996, Mursalin Molla of CPI(M) won the Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rivals Dulal Das of INC in 2006,[15] Biman Banerjee of AITC in 2001[14] and Gouranga Mukherjee of INC in 1996.[13] Abul Basar of CPI(M) defeated Malay Chowdhury of INC in 1991[12] and Habibur Rahman of INC in 1987.[11] Mir Abdus Sayeed of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Ghose, Independent politician, in 1982.[10] Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI(M) defeated Mali Safiuddin of Janata Party in 1977.[9][18]
References
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