Pingla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Pingla | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 227 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Pingla Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| LS constituency | Ghatal |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 194,757 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 227 Pingla Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui gram panchayats of Pingla community development block and Kharagpur II community development block.[1]
Pingla Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ajit Maity | 112,435 | 49.17 | −1.73 | |
| BJP | Antara Bhattacharya | 105,779 | 46.26 | +38.16 | |
| INC | Samir Roy | 7,103 | 3.11 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,073 | 0.91 | −0.11 | |
| SUCI(C) | Sishir Kumar Manna | 1,279 | 0.56 | −0.64 | |
| Turnout | 228,669 | 89.66 | −0.84 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saumen Kumar Mahapatra | 104,416 | 50.90 | +4.34 | |
| DSP(PC) | Prabodh Chandra Sinha | 80,198 | 39.10 | −8.14 | |
| BJP | Antara Bhattacharya | 16,665 | 8.10 | +3.84 | |
| SUCI(C) | Ranjit Bankura | 2,388 | 1.20 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,118 | 1.02 | ||
| Independent | Kartik Chandra Dolai | 1,474 | 0.70 | ||
| Turnout | 205,141 | 90.50 | −1.60 | ||
| AITC gain from DSP(PC) | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSP(PC) | Prabodh Chandra Sinha | 84,737 | 47.24 | −9.81 | |
| AITC | Ajit Maity | 83,504 | 46.56 | +3.62 | |
| BJP | Sambhunath Hansda | 7,641 | 4.26 | ||
| JMM | Rabi Tudu | 3,481 | |||
| Turnout | 179,364 | 92.10 | |||
| DSP(PC) hold | Swing | -13.43# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
editIn the 2006 state assembly elections, Ramapada Samanta of DSP(PC) won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the CPI(M) symbol defeated Swapan Dome of Congress in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing Janata Party defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.[7]
1967-1972
editBijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of CPI won in 1969 and 1967.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Pingla". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "217 - Pingla Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.