Baghmundi Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

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in the

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. This seat currently represented by

Nepal Mahata Nepal Mahata (born 26 October 1961) is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress who was a Member of West Bengal State Legislative Assembly representing Baghmundi constituency (earlier name Jhalda constituency) since 2001. ...

in the

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, right from its inception in 2011.The incumbent also represented its earlier version

Jhalda Jhalda is a city and a municipality in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jhalda subdivision. Geography Location Jhalda is located at . It has an average elevation of . According to the ''Distr ...

for 10 years from 2001 to 2011.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

municipality; Jhalda I and

Baghmundi Baghmundi is a village, with a police station, in the Baghmundi CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Baghmundi lies in the vicinity of the Ajodhya Hill and Forest ...

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; Hetgugui and Sirkabad

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community development block. Baghmundi Assembly constituency is part of No. 35

Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency) Purulia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the present 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. India has total 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies. All the seven assembly segments of No. 35 Purulia Lok Sabha con ...

. The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The

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Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct

constituency.

1951

While in 2011 Baghmundi is a newly created constituency in West Bengal, it was there in independent India's first election in 1951. The areas now part of Purulia district were then part of Bihar. Sirish Chandra Banerjee of Lok Sewak Sangh won the Baghmundi seat.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Purulia district