- Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Mal — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
MalCoordinates: 26°51′N 88°45′E / 26.85°N 88.75°ECoordinates: 26°51′N 88°45′E / 26.85°N 88.75°E Country 
IndiaState West Bengal District Jalpaiguri Constituency No 20 Type Reserved for ST Lok Sabha constituency 3 Jalpaiguri (SC) Electorate (year) 182,297 (2011) Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মাল বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 20 Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Mal municipality and Mal community development block,[1]
Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Results
2011
In the 2011 elections , Bulu Chik Baraik of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Hiramoni Oraon of Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mal (ST) constituency [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI(M) Bulu Chik Baraik 62,037 39.69 -8.74 Congress Hiramoni Oraon 57,821 36.99 -8.78# JMM Ganga Beck 21,756 13.92 Independent Shibani Oraon 5,724 3.66 BJP Baliram Ekka 5,006 3.20 BSP Anjali Malo 3,976 2.54 Turnout 156,320 85.75 CPI(M) hold Swing 0.04# .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. JMM did not contest the seat in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Jalpaiguri district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 3 
2Congress 3 2GJM-backed Independent 1 0Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 
1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 31977-2006
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Somra Lakra of CPI(M) won the Mal (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Turi Kol Munda and Shyam Bhagat, both of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jagannath Oraon of CPI(M) defeated Turi Kule Munda and Shyam Bhagat, both of Congress, in 1996 and 1991. Mohanlal Oraon of CPI(M) defeated Aao Kalndi of Congress in 1987, Suman Tirkey of Congress in 1982 and Antani Topno of Congress in 1977.[5]
1957–1972
Antoni Topno of Congress won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Barendra Krishna Bhowmick of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, Mal was a joint seat. Mangru Bhagat of CPI and Budhu Bhagat of Congress, won. In independent India’s first election in 1951, Sasadhar Kar and Munda Antoni Topno, both of Congress, won the Western Duars seat.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Mal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2520.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mal. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=20. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mal. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_1st_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "18 - Mal (ST) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 197. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp18.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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