Mayureswar Assembly constituency ( bn, ময়ূরেশ্বর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an

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constituency in

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an District#India, administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five Divisions of West Bengal, administrative divisions of West Bengal. The distr ...

in the

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. It is an open seat now but was earlier 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 Delimitation Commission, No. 290 Mayureswar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Mayureswar I Mayureswar I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region. ...

and

Mayureswar II Mayureswar II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region. ...

CD Blocks. Mayureswar 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 ...

(SC).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2011

In the 2011 elections, Ashok Kumar Ray of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Jatil Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sadhu Charan Bagdi 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 Mayureswar (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Subhas Chandra Mandal of

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bishnu Let of CPI(M) defeated Kestopada Bagdi 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 ...

in 2001, Arjun Saha of BJP in 1996, Ajay Saha of BJP in 1991, Kamalakant Mondal of

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...

/ ICS 1987 and 1982. Panchanan Let of CPI(M) defeated Gunakar Mandal of

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

in 1977.

1962–1972

Lalchand Fulamali Lalchand Fulamali ( bn, লালচাঁদ ফুলমালি) (born November 1935) is an Indian politician, hailing from Brahmanbahara village in Birbhum District. Fulamali became a member of the Communist Party of India in 1957 and repre ...

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won in 1972 and 1971. Panchanan Let of CPI(M) won in 1969. Kanai Lal Saha of Congress won in 1967. Gobardhan Das of CPI won in 1962. Prior to that the constituency was not there.

References

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