Dantan Assembly constituency

Dantan
Constituency No. 219 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
LS constituencyMedinipur
Established1951
Total electors160,317
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Dantan Assembly 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. 219 Dantan Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dantan II community development block, Mohanpur community development block, and Chak Islampur gram panchayat of Dantan I community development block.[1]

Dantan Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shaktipada Nayak of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Dantan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bikram Chandra Pradhan 95,209 48.13 Decrease5.33
BJP Shaktipada Nayak 94,586 47.82 Increase40.35
CPI Sisir Kumar Patra 5,652 2.86 Decrease34.24
NOTA None of the above 1,250 0.63 Decrease0.34
SUCI(C) Subhas Das 1,101 0.56 Decrease0.44
Majority 623
Turnout 197,798
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sisir Kumar Patra of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dantan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bikram Chandra Pradhan 95,641 53.46 +7.01
CPI Sisir Kumar Patra 66,381 37.10 −12.25
BJP Shaktipada Nayak 13,347 7.47 +5.03
SUCI(C) Balaram Das 1,797 1.00
NOTA None of the above 1,741 0.97
Turnout 178,917 84.54 −4.78
AITC gain from CPI Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Arun Mahapatra of CPI defeated his nearest rival Saibal Giri of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dantan[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Arun Mahapatra 79,118 49.35 −11.09
AITC Shaibal Giri 74,468 46.45 +7.10#
BJP Shailendra Jana 3,909 2.44
Independent Mukul Kumar Mishra 1,653
PDS Soumen Samanta 1,169
Turnout 160,317 89.32
CPI hold Swing -18.19#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharya of CPI won the Danatan assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001, and Sunil Baran Giri of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ranjit Patra of CPI(M) defeated Panchanan Mahanti of Congress in 1991. Kanai Bhowmick of CPI defeated Dilip Kumar Das of Congress in 1987 and Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Janata Party in 1982. Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Janata Party defeated Rabindra Nath Dwibedi of CPI in 1977.[5]

1951-1972

Pradyut Kumar Mahanti of Congress (Organisation) won in 1972. Pulin Behari Tripathi of Congress won in 1971. Debendra Nath Das of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Charu Chandra Mahanti of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury of Bharatiya Jana Sangh won the Dantan seat.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Dantan". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dantan. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Dantan. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "228 - Dantan Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.