Sonamukhi 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 dis ...

in the

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. It is reserved for

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 258 Sonamukhi Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:

Sonamukhi Sonamukhi is a town and a municipality in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is famous for its Kali and Karthik and Godashiv puja . Geography Location Sonamukhi is located at . It has an ...

municipality;

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; and Belut Rasulpur, Beersingha, Hamirpur, Narayanpur and Patrasayar

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s of

Patrasayer Patrasayer (also spelled Patrasayar, Patrasair) is a village in the Patrasayer CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Patrasayer is located at . Area overview T ...

community development block. Sonamukhi Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2016

2011

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Niresh Bagdi of

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won the Sonamukhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dipali Saha 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 cu ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sukhendu Khan of CPI(M) defeated Dipali Saha of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Haradhan Bauri of CPI(M) defeated Pulakesh Saha of

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in 1996 and Sastidhar Bagdi of Congress in 1991. Sukhendu Khan of CPI(M) defeated Kallol Saha of Congress in 1987, Sasthi Bauri of Congress in 1982 and Kanai Saha of

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in 1977.

1952-1972

Gurupada Khan of Congress won in 1972. Sukhendu Khan of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. K.Saha of Congress won in 1967. The Sonamukhi seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1952, the Sonamukhi dual seat was won by Shishuram Mandal and Bhabataran Chakrabarty, both of Congress.

References

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