Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Pingla
Pingla
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Pingla Location in West Bengal Pingla Pingla (India)
	Coordinates: 22°16′19″N 87°35′08″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Constituency No.	227
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	32. Ghatal
Electorate (year)	194,757 (2011)

Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 227 Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui gram panchayats of Pingla community development block and Kharagpur II community development block.[1]

Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Pingla [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Saumen Mahapatra	104,416	50.9
	DSP(PC)	Prabodh Chandra Sinha	80,198	39.1
	BJP	Antara Bhattacharya	16,665	8.10
	SUCI(C)	Ranjit Bankura	2,388	1.20
	Independent	Kartik Chandra Dolai	1,474	0.70
Turnout			2,05,141	(90.5%)
	AITC gain from DSP(PC)		Swing

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

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Paschim Medinipur district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	8	8
Indian National Congress	2	0
Jharkhand Party (Naren)	0	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	7	7
Communist Party of India	1	1
DSP(PC)	1	0

Note: Constituency abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pingla [2][5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DSP(PC)	Prabodh Chandra Sinha	84,737	47.24	-9.81
	AITC	Ajit Maity	83,504	46.56	+3.62#
	BJP	Sambhunath Hansda	7,641	4.26
	JMM	Rabi Tudu	3,481
Turnout			179,364	92.1
	DSP(PC) hold		Swing	-13.43#

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

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Paschim Medinipur district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	8	8
Indian National Congress	2	0
Jharkhand Party (Naren)	0	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	7	7
Communist Party of India	1	1
DSP(PC)	1	0

Note: Constituency abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ramapada Samanta of DSP(PC) won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the CPI(M) symbol defeated Swapan Dome of Congress in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing Janata Party defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.[7]

1967-1972

Bijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of CPI won in 1969 and 1967.[8]

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
"Pingla". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
"217 - Pingla Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
"Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-20.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-15.

[Pingla-2] "Pingla". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-20.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[5] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[6] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[7] "217 - Pingla Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-20.

[8] "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-20.