Patashpur Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 212 Patashpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Patashpur I Patashpur I (also spelled as Potashpur) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Purba Medinipur district is part of the ...

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; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur

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s of

Patashpur II Patashpur II (also spelled as Potashpur) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.The headquarters in Pratapdighi. Geography Purba ...

community development block. Patashpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31

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. It was earlier part of

Midnapore (Lok Sabha constituency) Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Midnapore in West Bengal. Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur ...

Elected Members

Results

2021

2016

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

Kamakhya Nandan Das Mohapatra of

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won the Patashpur assembly seat six times in a row, defeating Tapan Kanti Kar of

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, Mrinal Kanti Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Paresh Chandra Bhunia of

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in 1996, Sunil Pal of Congress in 1991,

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of Congress in 1987 and Radha Nath Das Adhikary of Congress in 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Janmejoy Ojha of

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defeated Barendra Nath Patra of Congress in 1977.

1951-1972

Prafulla Maity of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. K.D.Mahapatra (Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra) of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Radhanath Das Adhikari of Congress won in

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. Sisir Kumar Das of PSP won in

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. In independent India's first election in 1951 Janardan Sahu of BJS won the Pataspur assembly seat.

References

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