Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Patashpur
Patashpur
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Patashpur Location in West Bengal Patashpur Patashpur (India)
	Coordinates: 22°01′45″N 87°33′13″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Constituency No.	212
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanthi
Electorate (year)	182,460 (2011)

Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha 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. 212 Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Patashpur I community development block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II community development block.[1]

Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Midnapore (Lok Sabha constituency).

Results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Patashpur [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Jyotirmoy Kar	84,452	49.93	+0.32#
	CPI	Makhan Nayek	77,802	46.00	-4.39
	BJP	Asish Das	4,104	2.43
	Independent	Mohan Rana	1,113
	Independent	Prafulla Kumar Kar	981
	Independent	Shyamapada Bera	701
Turnout			169,153	92.71
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing	4.71#

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

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Purba Medinipur district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	16	12
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	6
Communist Party of India	0	3
WBSP/SP	0	3

1977-2006

Kamakhya Nandan Das Mohapatra of CPI won the Patashpur assembly seat six times in a row, defeating Tapan Kanti Kar of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Mrinal Kanti Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Paresh Chandra Bhunia of Congress in 1996, Sunil Pal of Congress in 1991, Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Congress in 1987 and Radha Nath Das Adhikary of Congress in 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Janmejoy Ojha of Janata Party defeated Barendra Nath Patra of Congress in 1977.[5]

1951-1972

Prafulla Maity of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. K.D.Mahapatra (Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra) of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Radhanath Das Adhikari of Congress won in 1962. Sisir Kumar Das of PSP won in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Janardan Sahu of BJS won the Pataspur assembly seat.[6]

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
"Patashpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Patashpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Patashpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
"215 - Pataspur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
"Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[2] "Patashpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Patashpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Patashpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-01.

[5] "215 - Pataspur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-07.

[6] "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-01.