Patashpur Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its name sake village, see Patashpur. For 2. Its namesake community development block, see Patashpur I. For 3. its another namesake community development block, see Patashpur II.
Patashpur
Constituency No. 212 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Patashpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyKanthi
Established1951
Total electors2,36,413
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Uttam Barik
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Jyotirmoy Kar Trinamool Congress
2016 Jyotirmoy Kar Trinamool Congress
2021 Uttam Barik Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Patashpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Uttam Barik 105,299 50.42 −4.09
BJP Ambujaksha Mahanti 95,305 45.64 +40.28
CPI Saikat Giri 6,631 3.18 −35.60
NOTA None of the above 861 0.41 −0.18
SUCI(C) Surjyendu Bikash Patra 731 0.35 −0.05
Turnout 208,827 91.61 +2.92
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Patashpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jyotirmoy Kar 103,567 54.51 +4.58
CPI Makhanlal Nayak 73,679 38.78 −7.22
BJP Swapan Kumar Dutta 10,193 5.36 +2.93
NOTA None of the above 1,112 0.59
SUCI(C) Surjyendu Bikash Patra 765 0.40
Independent Subrata Guria 684 0.36
Turnout 190,000 88.69 −4.02
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Patashpur[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jyotirmoy Kar 84,452 49.93 +0.32#
CPI Makhanlal Nayak 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.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Patashpur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Patashpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ^ "215 - Pataspur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 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 1 December 2010.