Kushmandi Assembly constituency is an
assembly
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constituency in
Dakshin Dinajpur district in the
India
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n
state of
West Bengal
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. The seat is reserved for
scheduled castes
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.
Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission
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, No. 37 Kushmandi Assembly constituency (SC) covers
Kushmandi
Kushmandi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Gangarampur subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliffe ...
community development block
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and Belbari II, Jahangirpur and Sukdebpur
gram panchayat
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s of
Gangarampur community development block.
Kushmandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6
Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Balurghat in West Bengal. While six of the assembly segments of No. 6 Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency are in Dakshin Dinajpu ...
.
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
In the 2021 election, Rekha Roy
Rekha Roy is an Indian politician. She was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kushmandi as a member of the Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress ( English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially t ...
of Trinamool Congress
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defeated her nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Roy of BJP.
2016
In the 2016 election, Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP defeated Rekha Roy of Trinamool Congress.
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
2011
In the 2011 election, Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP defeated Partha Sarathi Sarkar of Congress.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006
In the 2006
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,[ 2001,][ 1996,][ 1991][ and 1987][ state assembly elections Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP won the 37 Kushmandi (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Rajib Lochan Sarkar of ]Congress
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, Jitendra Nath Sarkar 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 ...
, Krishna Chandra Sarkar of Congress, Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Congress and Dhirendra Nath Sarkar of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dhirendra Nath Sarkar of Congress defeated Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP in 1982[ and Jogendra Nath Roy of RSP in 1977.]
1962–1972
Jatindra Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1972,[ 1971,][ 1969][ and 1967.][ Khalil Sayed of ]CPI
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won in 1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
.[ The seat did not exist prior to that.
]
References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Dakshin Dinajpur district