- Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Mahestala — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
MahestalaCoordinates: 22°30′58″N 88°13′41″E / 22.51611°N 88.22806°ECoordinates: 22°30′58″N 88°13′41″E / 22.51611°N 88.22806°E Country 
IndiaState West Bengal District South 24 Parganas Constituency No 155 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency 21. Diamond Harbour Elecorate (year) 214,525 (2011) Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মহেশতলা বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 155 Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 8 and 11 to 35 of Maheshtala municipality.[1]
Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mahestala [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Trinamool Congress Kasturi Das 92,211 52.71 +4.10# CPI(M) Sk. Md. Israil 67,928 38.83 -11.16 Independent Ramani Naskar 7,971 BJP Sisir Kumar Mukhopandhyay 3,689 MLKSC Sagirauddin Laskar 1,882 PDS Debashish Bose 1,168 Independent Monoranjon Naskar 80 Turnout 174,942 81.55 Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing 15.26# .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 26 
19SUC 1 
1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 18Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 21977-2006
In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Mursalin Molla of CPI(M) won the Mahestala assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dulal Das of Congress in 2006, Biman Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Gouranga Mukherjee of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abul Basar of CPI(M) defeated Malay Chowdhury of Congress in 1991 and Habibur Rahman of Congress in 1987. Mir Abdus Sayeed defeated Dilip Ghose, Independent, in 1982 and Mali Safiuddin of Janata Party in 1977.[5]
1951-1972
Bhupen Bijali of Congress won in 1972. Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ahammad Ali Mufti of Congress won in 1962. Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of CPI won in 1957 and in independent India’s first election in 1951.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Mahestala". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25155.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mahestala. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=155. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Maheshtala. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_3rd_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ "115 - Maheshtala Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp115.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
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