Keshpur Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Paschim Medinipur district Paschim Medinipur district or West Midnapore district (also known as Midnapore West) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur and Purba M ...

in the

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. It is reserved for

scheduled castes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 235 Keshpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:

Keshpur Keshpur is a village in the Keshpur CD block in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Keshpur is located at . Area overview Paschim Medinipur district (bef ...

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

. Keshpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 32

Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district, one ...

. It Was Earlier Part of

Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency) Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Panskura in West Bengal. Assembly segments Prior to delimitation in 2006 Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the ...

till 2009.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

In the 2016 election, Seuli Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rameswar Dolui of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2011

In the 2011 election, Rameswar Dolui of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Dolui of Congress. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006

In the 2006 election, Rameswar Dolui of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Asis Pramanik of Trinamool Congress. .# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election, Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Doloi of Trinamool Congress. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 election, Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Sannyasi Dolai of Congress. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1991

In the 1991 election, Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Balai Chandra Paria of Jharkhand Party. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1987

In the 1987 election, Himangshu Kumar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Dolai of Congress. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1982

In the 1982 election, Himangshu Kumar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Dolai of Congress. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1977

In the 1982 election, Rajanai Kanta Dolui of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ajoy Kumar Dolui of CPIM. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Rameswar Doloi of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nati ...

won the Keshpur (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Asish Pramanik of

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 ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated Rajani Kanta Doloi of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Sannyasi Dolai of

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in 1996, and Balai Chandra Parija of

Jharkhand Party The Jharkhand Party (JP) (Hindi:झापा ) is an oldest Political Party in India formed in the year of 5 March 1949 by Jaipal Singh Munda.Which grew out of the demand for a separate Jharkhand state. Jharkhand Party participated in Electio ...

in 1991. Himansu Kumar of CPI(M) defeated Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress defeated Ajoy Kumar Dolui of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951-1972

Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gangapada Kuar of

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won in 1969. Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress won in 1967. Bankim Roy of Congress won in

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. The Keshpur seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Nagendra Doloi of

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won the Keshpur seat.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Paschim Medinipur district