Tamluk Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Tamluk Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Tamluk | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 203 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Tamluk Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tamluk |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 209,751 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 203 Tamluk Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block, and Sahid Matangini community development block.[1]
Tamluk Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Ajoy Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Bangla Congress | ||
| 1967^ | Ajoy Malakar | ||
| 1969 | Ajoy Mukherjee | ||
| 1971 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Biswanath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Surajit Bagchi | ||
| 1991 | Anil Mudi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Nirbed Roy | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Jagannath Mitra | Communist Party of India | |
| 2011 | Dr. Soumen Mahapatra | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Ashok Kumar Dinda | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | Dr. Soumen Mahapatra | Trinamool Congress | |
- ^ by-election
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dipendra Narayan Roy | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| CPI | Nabendu Ghara | ||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Soumen Mahapatra | 108,243 | 45.86 | +0.86 | |
| BJP | Hare Krishna Bera | 107,450 | 45.52 | +38.82 | |
| CPI | Goutam Panda | 14,718 | 6.24 | −38.96 | |
| SUCI(C) | Jnanananda Roy | 2,756 | 1.17 | −0.83 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,136 | 0.48 | −0.64 | |
| Independent | Bhim Patra | 774 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Sandip Batabyal | 762 | 0.32 | ||
| AMB | Sulalit Mallick | 192 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 793 | 0.34 | +0.14 | ||
| Turnout | 236,031 | 92.33 | +4.50 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ashok Kumar Dinda | 95,432 | 45.20 | +3.32 | |
| AITC | Nirbed Roy | 94,912 | 45.00 | −7.82 | |
| BJP | Biswajit Dutta | 14,144 | 6.70 | +3.83 | |
| SUCI(C) | Satish Saw | 4,244 | 2.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,394 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Dutta | 874 | 0.40 | ||
| Bharat Nirman Party | Ranjan Malakar | 758 | 0.40 | ||
| Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party | Tapas Chakraborty | 329 | 0.20 | ||
| Indian Unity Centre | Rejman Mullick | 323 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 520 | 0.20 | |||
| Turnout | 213,410 | 87.83 | −2.21 | ||
| CPI gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Soumen Mahapatra | 99,765 | 52.82 | +6.94# | |
| CPI | Jagannath Mitra | 79,089 | 41.88 | −40454 | |
| BJP | Malay Kumar Singha | 5,423 | 2.87 | ||
| Independent | Ram Chandra Maity | 1,610 | |||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Khairuddin Rahaman | 1,563 | |||
| Indian Unity Centre | Ataul Rahaman Bhunya | 1,414 | |||
| Turnout | 188,864 | 90.04 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI | Swing | 14.06# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Jagannath Mitra of CPI won the 203 Tamluk assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chittaranjan Maiti of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years involved multiple candidates but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Nirbed Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Santosh Rana of CPI in 2001. Anil Mudi of Congress defeated Surajit Bagchi of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Surajit Bagchi of CPI defeated Anil Mudi of Congress in 1987. Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI defeated Sukumar Das representing ICS in 1982 and representing Congress in 1977.[5]
1951-1972
Ajoy Mukherjee representing Indian National Congress won in 1972, representing Bangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and earlier representing Congress won in 1962, 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.[6]