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Kanthi (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments: Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Bhagabanpur (assembly constituency no. 208), Khajuri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 209), Contai North (assembly constituency no. 210), Contai South (assembly constituency no. 211), Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 212), Egra (assembly constituency no. 213) and Mugberia (assembly constituency no. 214) Members of Parliament Election results General electio ...
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi, the incumbent Indian prime minister. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies have historically reflected a traditional Hindu nationalist ideology; it has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. After The Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in ...
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Delimitation Of Constituencies
Boundary delimitation (or simply delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries, particularly of electoral precincts, Federated state, states, counties or other municipalities.Overview of Boundary Delimitation
ACE: The Electoral Knowledge Center. Accessed July 09, 2008.
In the context of elections, it can be called Redistribution (election), redistribution and is used to prevent unbalance of population across districts. In the United States, it is called redistricting. Unbalanced or discriminatory delimitation is called "gerrymandering." Though there are no internationally agreed processes that guarantee fair delimitation, several organizations, such as the Commonwealth Secretariat, the European Union and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems have proposed guideline ...
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Basanta Kumar Das
Basanta Kumar Das may refer to: * Basanta Kumar Das (Indian politician) (1898–1984) * Basanta Kumar Das (Pakistani politician) Basanta Kumar Das ( bn, বসন্ত কুমার দাস) was a Member of the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. Early life Das was born into a Bengali Hindu family in Sylhet, Assam Province, British ... (fl. 1955–1958), East Pakistan / Bangladesh politician * Basanta Kumar Das (ichthyologist) (1899–1957), Indian zoologist {{hndis, Das, Basanta Kumar ...
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1st Lok Sabha
The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. Total Lok Sabha seats were 489 and total eligible voters were 17.3 crores. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 364 seats. They were followed by Independents, winning a total of 37 seats. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Socialist Party (India) followed with 16 and 12 seats respectively. Indian National Congress got 45% of the total votes in this election and won 76% of the 479 contested seats. Lok Sabha officers As per Article 93 of Constitution of India, the Lok Sabha must have elected and non-elected officers. The elected members are Speaker and the Deputy Speaker whereas the non-elected members are the Secretariat staff. Following were the 1st Lok Sabha officers and other important members. a. (Not Officially Declared) ...
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Mugberia Assembly Constituency
Mugberia Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Mugberia Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. It was part of Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency). Results 1977-2006 Kiranmay Nanda of West Bengal Socialist Party (at times shown in election records as Independent or as a CPI(M), he was a Janata Party candidate in 1977.) won the 214 Mugberia assembly seat seven times in a row, defeating Kajal Barman of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Narayan Mukherjee of Congress in 1996, Animesh Dayen of Congress in 1991, Krishna Chaitanyamay Nanda of Congress in 1987, Prasanta Sahoo of Congress in 1982 and Amarendra Krishna Goswami of CPI(M). 1967-1972 Prasanta Kumar Sahoo of Congress won in 1972. Amarendra Krishna Goswami of CPI(M) won in 1971, Biswabrata Roy Chaudhury of Bangla Congress The Ba ...
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Egra Assembly Constituency
Egra Assembly constituency ( bn, এগরা বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission No. 218, Egra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Egra municipality, Egra I community development blocks, and Basudevpur, Deshbandhu, Dubda, Manjusree, Paniparul, Sarbaday and Bibekananda gram panchayats of Egra II community development block. Egra Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Contai (Lok Sabha constituency). Election results 2021 2016 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data. 2009 by election The bypoll to the Serampore occurred due to resignation of the sitting MLA of AITC, Sisir Adhi ...
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Ramnagar Assembly Constituency
Ramnagar Assembly constituency may refer to: * Ramnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency * Ramnagar, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency * Ramanagara Assembly constituency, Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ... * Ramnagar, Tripura Assembly constituency * Ram Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency * Ramnagar, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency * Ramnagar, West Bengal Assembly constituency {{disambiguation ...
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Akhil Giri
Akhil Giri is an Indian politician and the present Minister of Fisheries in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Ramnagar constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and .... References State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Living people 1959 births West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal People from Purba Medinipur district West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 {{WestBengal-politician-stub ...
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Santanu Pramanik
Santanu Pramanik is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Khejuri (constituency). He defeated Partha Pratim Das of All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ... by 17,965 votes in 2021 West Bengal Assembly election. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian politicians People from Darjeeling district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 {{WestBengal-politician-stub ...
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Rabindranath Maity
Rabindranath Maity is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the B. B. D. Bagh area of Kolkata, the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by t ... from Bhagabanpur (constituency). He defeated Ardhendu Maity of All India Trinamool Congress by 27,549 votes in 2021 West Bengal Assembly election. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian politicians People from Purba Medinipur district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly {{WestBengal-politician-stub ...
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Sumita Sinha
Sumita Sinha is an Indian politician. She was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kanthi Uttar as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi .... References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian politicians People from Purba Medinipur district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 {{WestBengal-politician-stub ...
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Soham Chakraborty
Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned numerous accolades, including Uttam Kumar Awards, BFJA Awards and Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards. Chakraborty has a significant following in West Bengal, Assam and other adjacent states in India and Bangladesh. He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He contested 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Borjora Constituency. Acting career Soham Chakraborty made his Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Tollywood debut in 1988 with the popular Bengali film ''Choto Bou''. Early in his career, Chakraborty was recognised as Master Bittu featured in several films as a child artist including ''Mangal Deep'' in 1989, ''Nayan Moni'' in 1989, ''Jowar Bhata (1990 film), Jowar Bhata'' in 1990, Satyajit Ray directed ''Shakha Proshakha '' ...
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