Mangalkot Assembly constituency is an
assembly constituency in
Purba Bardhaman district in the
Indian
state of
West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 272 Mangalkot assembly constituency covers
Mongalkote community development block and Saragram, Gidhgram and Alampur gram panchayats of
Katwa I
Katwa I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Srikhanda, a constituent gram panchayat of Katwa I block, is l ...
CD Block.
assembly constituency is part of No. 41
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserv ...
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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 United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
2011
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
1977-2006
Sadhana Mallik of CPI(M) won the Mangalkot assembly seat in 2006
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, 2001, and 1996 defeating Abdul Based Shekh of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Chandranath Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Absar Nurul Mondal of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Baora of CPI(M) defeated Hriday Kishan Sar of Congress in 1991. Nikhilananda Sar of CPI(M) defeated Jagadish Dutta of in 1987, Seikh Borshed of Congress in 1982, and Madan Chowdhury of Congress in 1977.
1951-1972
Jyotirmoy Majumder of Congress won in 1972. Nikhilananda Sar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. N.Sattar of Congress won in 1967. Narayan Das of CPI 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.
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. The Mangalkot seat was not there in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Bhakta Chandra Roy of Congress won the Mangalkot seat.
References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Purba Bardhaman district