Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a newly constituted constituency.
Sainthia | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Sainthia Location in West Bengal  Sainthia Sainthia (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°57′N 87°40′E | |
| Country |  |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Constituency No. | 289 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 42. Birbhum |
| Electorate (year) | 190,037 (2011) |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 289, Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Sainthia municipality, Banagram, Deriapur, Fulur, Horisara, Hatora and Mathpalsa gram panchayats of Sainthia CD Block, Angar Garia, Bhutura, Charicha, Mohammad Bazar, Deucha and Puranagram gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block, and Suri II CD Block.[1]
Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
2011
In the 2001 elections, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | Dhiren Bagdi | 77,512 | 46.91 | -6.83# | |
| AITC | Parikhit Bala | 73,194 | 44.29 | +1.13# | |
| BJP | Shibnath Saha | 8,786 | 5.32 | ||
| Independent | Madan Chandra Dhuli | 5,761 | |||
| Turnout | 165,253 | 86.96 | |||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | -7.46# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage that year, for the now-defunct Mahammad Bazar constituency in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 6 |  |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  |
| Forward Bloc | 1 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | |
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- "Sainthia". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sainthia. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sainthia. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-04-20.