- Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Mahisadal — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
MahisadalCoordinates: 22°11′N 87°59′E / 22.183°N 87.983°ECoordinates: 22°11′N 87°59′E / 22.183°N 87.983°E Country 
IndiaState West Bengal District Purba Medinipur Constituency No. 208 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency Tamluk Electorate (year) 189,794 (2011) Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মহিষাদল বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 208 Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Mahisadal and Haldia community development blocks.[1]
Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
2011
In the 2011 elections , Dr.Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mahisadal [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Trinamool Congress Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar 95,640 55.29 +5.49# CPI(M) Tamalika Panda Seth 67,478 39.01 -9.98 BJP Prasenjit Samanta 5,783 3.34 People’s Democratic Conference of India Sk. Ajad Ali 1,875 Independent Keramat Baks Mallik 1,436 PDS Sukumar Chaulya 78 Turnout 172,994 91.15 Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing 15.47# Tamalika Panda Seth is wife of the CPI(M) strongman Lakshman Chandra Seth.[5]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Purba Medinipur district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 16 
12Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 
6Communist Party of India 0 3WBSP/SP 0 31977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M) won the 204 Mahishadal assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhowmick of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated Dr. Subrata Maiti of CPI(M) in 2001. Sukumar Das of Congress defeated Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987. Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Ramani Mohan Maity of Congress in 1982. Saswati Bag of Janata Party defeated Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) in 1977.[6]
1951-1972
Ahindra Mishra of Congress won in 1972. Sushil Kumar Dhara representing Bangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and representing Congress in 1962. In 1957 Mahishadal was a dual seat. It was won by Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of PSP and Mahtab Chand Das of Congress. In independent India’s first election in 1951, the Mahisadal seat was won by the Independent candidate, Kumar Deba Prosad Garga.[7]
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 2010-12-10.
- ^ "Mahisadal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25208.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mahisadal. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=208. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mahisadal. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "Left Unlikely to Reverse Trend". The Statesman, 29 April 2011. http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=367844:district-dossier--east-midnapore-&catid=72:bengal-plus&from_page=search. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "204 - Mahishadal Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp204.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
Purba Medinipur district topics General Subdivisions Territories Locations
other than cities and townsMunicipalities Community development blocks Tamluk subdivision Nandakumar • Moyna • Tamluk • Sahid Matangini • Panskura I • Panskura II • Chandipur Haldia subdivision Mahisadal • Nandigram I • Nandigram II • Sutahata • Haldia Egra subdivision Bhagabanpur I • Bhagabanpur II • Egra I • Egra II • Patashpur I • Patashpur II Contai subdivision Contai I • Contai II • Contai III • Khejuri I • Khejuri II • Ramnagar I • Ramnagar IIRivers Transport Lok Sabha constituencies Vidhan Sabha constituencies Tamluk • Panskura Purba • Panskura Paschim • Moyna • Nandakumar • Mahisadal • Haldia • Nandigram • Chandipur • Patashpur • Kanthi Uttar • Bhagabanpur • Khejuri • Kanthi Dakshin • Ramnagar • EgraFormer Vidhan Sabha constituencies See also Cities and towns in Purba Medinipur district • People from Purba Medinipur district • Villages in Purba Medinipur district • Damodar ValleyOther districts in West Bengal Bankura • Bardhaman • Birbhum • Cooch Behar • Dakshin Dinajpur • Darjeeling • Hooghly · Howrah • Jalpaiguri • Kolkata • Malda • Murshidabad · Nadia • North 24 Parganas • Paschim Medinipur • Purulia • South 24 Parganas • Uttar DinajpurSurrounding areas outside West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Current
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Former
ConstituenciesAlipore • Araidanga • Arsha • Aurangabad • Bansberia • Bara Bazar • Belgachia East • Belgachia West • Bowbazar • Burtola • Cossipur • Dhakuria • Faridpur • Fort • Gangajalghati • Garden Reach • Hanskhali • Hasnabad • Hirapur • Hura • Indpur • Jhalda • Jorabagan • Kabitirtha • Kaliachak • Kalighat • Kanksa • Kalyanpur • Kharba • Khayrasole • Kranti • Mahammad Bazar • Mathurapur • Mugberia • Nadanghat • Nandanpur • Narghat • Ondal • Polba • Purbasthali • Rajnagar • Sealdah • Sutahata • Taltola • Titagarh • Ukhra • Vidyasagar
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