- Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Medinipur — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
MedinipurCoordinates: 22°15′N 87°39′E / 22.25°N 87.65°ECoordinates: 22°15′N 87°39′E / 22.25°N 87.65°E Country 
IndiaState West Bengal District Paschim Medinipur Constituency No. 236 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency 34. Medinipur Electorate (year) 214,381 (2011) Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Midnapore) (Bengali: মেদিনীপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 236 Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Midnapore municipality, Chandra, Dherua, Monidaha and Tantigeria gram panchayats of Midnapore Sadar community development block and Bankibandh, Garhmal, Karnagarh, Kashijora and Shatpati gram panchayats of Salboni community development block.[1]
Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Medinipur [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Trinamool Congress Mrigendra Nath Maiti 103,060 54.43 +24.90# CPI Santosh Rana 74,840 39.53 -17.84 BJP Subhajit Roy 4,880 2.58 Independent Sanjay Mishra 2,590 LJP Arun Kumar Adhikari 1,436 Independent Dilip Kumar Das 724 Independent Pradyot Saw 699 JMM Sunil Kumar Hembram 691 JD(S) Pratap Kumar Roy 42 Turnout 189,348 88.32 Trinamool Congress gain from CPI Swing 42.74 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Paschim Medinipur district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 8 
8Indian National Congress 2 0Jharkhand Party (Naren) 0 
1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7 6Communist Party of India 1 1DSP(PC) 1 01977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Santosh Rana of CPI won the 223 Midnapore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rama Prasad Tewary of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Purnendu Sengupta of CPI defeated Gouri Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Dinen Roy of Congress in 1996. Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI defeated Raj Kumar Mishra of Congress in 1991, Samir Roy of Congress in 1987, and Samir Roy of ICS in 1982. Bankim Behari Pal of Janata Party defeated Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI in 1977.[5]
1957-1972
Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Kamakhya Charan Ghosh of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Syed Shamsul Bari of Congress won in 1962. Anjali Khan of Congress won in 1957.[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 2010-10-15.
- ^ "Medinipur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25236.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Medinipur. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=236. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Medinipur. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_6th_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "223 - Midnapore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp223.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
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