Sankrail Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Sankrail is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
| Sankrail | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 174 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sankrail Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 211,076 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 174 Sankrail Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Andul, Banpur I, Banpur II, Dakshin Sankrail, Dhulagari, Kandua, Manikpur, Mashila, Nalpur, Raghudebbati, Sankrail, Sarenga gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block and Kolora I, Kolora II, Mahiyari I, Mahiyari II gram panchayats of Domjur community development block.[1]
Sankrail Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Kripa Sindhu Shaw | |||
| 1957 | Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India | |
| Apurba Lal Mazumdar | All India Forward Bloc | ||
| 1962 | Dulal Chandra Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | N. N. Bhuniya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Sital Kumar Sardar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Priya Paul | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Priya Paul | ||||
| BJP | Barnali Dhali | ||||
| CPI(M) | Samir Malick | ||||
| INC | Bechu Ram Malik | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Priya Paul | 111,888 | 50.80 |  5.60 | |
| BJP | Prabhakar Pandit | 71,461 | 32.40 | 17.70 | |
| CPI(M) | Samir Malick | 34,144 | 15.50 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sital Kumar Sardar | 86,212 | 45.20 |  6.01 | |
| CPI(M) | Samir Malick | 71,455 | 37.50 | 3.32 | |
| BJP | Probhakar Pandit | 28,006 | 14.70 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sital Kumar Sardar | 88,029 | 51.21 | 0.51 | |
| CPI(M) | Anirban Hazra | 70,172 | 40.82 | 3.86 | |
| BJP | Jhan Prakash Ray | 8,184 | |||
| Independent | Srikanta Mondal | 1,735 | |||
| BSP | Soma Sardar | 1,388 | |||
| Independent | Bhishma Bag | 772 | |||
| Indian Unity Centre | Upendra Nath Dolui | 658 | |||
| Independent | Sankar Das | 603 | |||
| Independent | Balai Pandit | 356 | |||
| Turnout | 171,897 | 81.44 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 3.35# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006,[4] 2001[5] 1996[6] state assembly elections, Sital Kumar Sardar of Trinamool Congress / Congress won the 169 Sankrail (SC) assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Anirban Hazara of CPI(M).Bikash Mondal of CPI(M) in 2001 and Basudeb Dhali of CPI(M) in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Haran Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Nityananda Bhuniya of Congress/ Janata Party in 1991,[7] 1987,[8] 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]
1951-1972
Haran Hazra of CPI(M) won in 1972,[12] 1971[13] and 1969.[14] N.N.Bhuniya of Congress won in 1967.[15] Dulal Chandra Mondal of CPI won in 1962.[16] In 1957 and 1951 Sankrail had joint seats. Shyama Prasanna Bhattacharya of CPI and Apurbalal Mazumdar of Forward Bloc (Marxist) won in 1957.[17] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya and Kripa Sindhu Shaw, both of Forward Bloc (Ruiker), won in 1951.[18]