Ranibandh Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Bankura district Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...

in the

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n state of

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. It is reserved for

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 249 Ranibandh Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following:

Ranibandh Ranibandh is a village in the Ranibandh CD block in the Khatra subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Early Medieval History Maniklal Sinha, in his book, ''Paschim Rahr Tatha Bankura Sanskriti'' mention th ...

, Hirbandh and

Khatra Khatra is a census town in the Khatra community development block in the Khatra subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Khatra subdivision. Geography Location Khatra is in the ...

community development blocks. Ranibandh Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2016

2011

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Deblina Hembram of CPI(M) won the Ranibandh assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Aditya Kisku of Jharkhand Party (Naren). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Makar Tudu of CPI(M) defeated Gopinath Saren of JMM in 2001. Deblina Hembram of CPI(M) defeated Anil Hansda of

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in 1996. Arati Hembram of CPI(M) defeated Sudarsan Baskey of Congress in 1991. Rampada Mandi of CPI(M) defeated Chandra Mohan Murmu of Congress in 1987, Jaleswar Saren, Independent, in 1982. Suchand Soren of CPI(M) defeated Jadunath Murmu of

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in 1977.

1962-1972

Amala Saren of Congress won in 1972. Suchand Saren of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. B. Hembran of Congress in 1967. Jaleswar Hansda of

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won in

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. Prior to that the Ranibandh seat did not exist.

Khatra 1952

Asutosh Mallik of Congress and Amulya Ratan Ghose of

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won the joint seat at Khatra in independent India's first election in 1952.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Bankura district