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
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Coordinates: 23°57′N 87°40′E
Country	India
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.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sainthia [2][3][4]

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.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	6	5
Indian National Congress	2	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	4
Forward Bloc	1	2
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
2. "Sainthia". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sainthia. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sainthia. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-04-20.