Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Manteswar
Manteswar
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Manteswar Location in West Bengal Manteswar Manteswar (India)
	Coordinates: 23°26′N 88°06′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	263
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	39. Bardhaman-Durgapur
Electorate (year)	191,654 (2011)

Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 263 Manteswar assembly constituency covers Baghsan, Vagra Mulgram, Denur, Jamna, Kusumgram, Majhergram, Mamudpur I, Manteswar, Pipalan and Shushunia gram panchayats of Manteswar community development block and Barapalason I, Barapalason II, Bohar I, Bohar II, Bijur I, Bijur II and Satgachhia I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.[1]

Manteswar assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016 by-election

2016 by-election: Manteswar 19 November 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Saikat Panja	147,316	77.59	+33.48
	CPI (M)	Md. Osman Gani Sarkar	20,189	10.63	-33.11
	BJP	Biswajit Poddar	16,073	8.47	+0.37
	INC	Bulbul Ahammed Sekh	2,885	1.52	N/A
	CPI(ML)L	Ansarul Aman Mondal	1,463	0.77	N/A
	PDS	Sheikh Ekramul Hossain	778	0.41	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,168	0.62	-0.66
Majority			127,127	66.96	+66.59
Turnout			189,872	86.90	-0.39
Registered electors			218,480
	AITC hold		Swing

2016 result

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Manteswar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Sajal Panja	84,134	44.11
	CPI (M)	Chaudhuri Mohd. Hidayatullah	83,428	43.74
	BJP	Biswajit Poddar	15,452	8.10
	BSP	Khokan Das	2,644	1.38
	MPI	Jagabandhu Malik	1,437	0.75
	JDP	Premchand Soren	1,190	0.62
	NOTA	None of the above	2,445	1.28
Majority			706	0.37
Turnout			190,730	87.29
Registered electors			218,480
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

1977-2006

Narayan Hazra Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress lost the Manteswar Assembly seat in 2006 defeated by Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah of CPI(M) . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996 and 1991, Abu Ayesh Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Narayan Hazara Choudhury of Trinamool Congress, Debabrata Roy of Congress and Biseswar Bhattacharya of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Hemanta Roy of CPI(M) defeated Tuhin Samanta of Congress.[2]

1951-1972

In 1972, Tuhin Samanta of Congress won the seat. In 1971 and 1969, Kashinath Hazra Choudhury of CPI(M) won the seat. N.C.Chaudhuri of Congress won the seat in 1967. Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah of CPI won the seat in 1962. Bhakta Chandra Roy (Independent) won the seat in 1957. Ananda Prasad Mondal of Congress won the seat in independent India's first election in 1951.[3]

References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
"278 – Manteswar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
"Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

[2] "278 – Manteswar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

[3] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.