Memari Assembly constituency

Memari
Constituency No. 265 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBardhaman Purba
Established1962
Total electors203,280
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Memari is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 265 Memari assembly constituency covers Memari municipality, Memari I community development block, and Kuchut, Satgachhia II gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.[1]

Memari assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1962 Memari Suchand Soren Communist Party of India[2]
1967 P.Bishayee Indian National Congress[3]
1969 Benoy Krishna Konar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1971 Benoy Krishna Konar Communist Party of India[5]
1972 Naba Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[6]
1977 Benoy Krishna Konar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982 Maharani Konar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987 Maharani Konar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991 Maharani Konar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996 Tapas Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001 Tapash Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006 Sandhya Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13][14]
2011 Abul Hasem Mondal All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016 Nargis Begum All India Trinamool Congress[16][17]
2021 Madhusudan Bhattacharya All India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Memari[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Madhusudan Bhattacharya 104,851 47.92 Increase1.57
BJP Bhismadeb Bhattacharya 81,773 37.37 Increase29.89
CPI(M) Sanat Banerjee 25,618 11.71 Decrease30.28
BSP Kalpana Mondal 2,121 0.97 Decrease0.17
BMUP Tarun Kanti Dhali 1,737 0.79
Independent Manab Banerjee 1,029 0.47
NOTA None of the above 1,673 0.76
Turnout 218,802
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Memari constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nargis Begum 94,406 46.35 −1.91
CPI(M) Debashis Ghosh 85,523 41.99 −4.53
BJP Bhismadeb Bhattacharya 15,231 7.48 +5.78
Independent Srabanti Majumder 2,344 1.15
BSP Dinesh Sikdar 2,325 1.14 +0.6
NOTA None of the above 2,287 1.12
JDP Budo Murmu 1,558 0.76 −0.29
Turnout 203,674 87.31 −3.53
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Memari[19][20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abul Hasan Mondal 89,083 48.24 +12.89#
CPI(M) Debashis Ghosh 85,905 46.52 −14.11
BJP Biswajit Poddar 3,138 1.70
JMM Ananda Mohan Biswas 2,036
JDP Sukumar Saren 1,936 1.05
People's Democratic Conference of India Radharani Murmu 1,578
BSP Mukul Biswas 989 0.54
Turnout 184,665 90.84
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +27.00#

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

1977-2006

Sandhya Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Memari assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sk. Mohammad Ismile of Trinamool Congress in the 2006 assembly elections. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Tapas Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Syed Mustaq Murshed of Trinamool Congress and Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Maharani Konar of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Ohidmolla, Naba Kumar Chatterjee and Sabyasachi Samanta, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Benoy Konar of CPI(M) defeated Surya Narayan Pal of Janata Party.[22]

1962-1972

Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Krishna Konar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. P.Bishayee won in 1967. In 1962, Suchand Soren of CPI won the Memari seat reserved for scheduled tribes.[23] Prior to that the seat did not exist.

References

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  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 363. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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  19. ^ "Memari". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Memari. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2013" (PDF). Memari. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  22. ^ "275 – Memari Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  23. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.