Baghmundi Assembly constituency

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Baghmundi
Constituency No. 240 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Baghmundi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Established	2011
Total electors	191,991
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sushanta Mahato
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhalda municipality; Jhalda I and Baghmundi community development blocks; Hetgugui and Sirkabad gram panchayats of Arsha community development block.^[1]

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2011	Nepal Mahata		Indian National Congress
2016
2021	Sushanta Mahato		Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Baghmundi^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Susanta Mahato	75,905	36.79	−5.24
	AJSU	Asutosh Mahato	61,936	30.02	+29.03
	INC	Nepal Mahato	51,046	24.74	−42.49
	AIFB	Debranjan Mahato	11,842	5.74
	AMB	Pashupati Mahato	2,000	0.97
	SUCI(C)	Mrityunjoy Singh Babu	1,188	0.58
	NOTA	None of the above	2,386	1.16
Majority			13,969	6.77	+2.2
Turnout			206,303
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baghmundi^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nepal Mahato	88,707	47.16
	AITC	Samir Mahato	80,120	42.59
	BJP	Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato	11,219	5.96
	AMB	Pasupati Mahato	2,047	1.09
	AJSU	Subal Prasad	1,863	0.99
	Independent	Rabindra Nath Sin Mura	1,102	0.59
	SUCI(C)	Mrityunjoy Singh Babu	1,016	0.54
	NOTA	None of the above	2,029	1.08
Majority			8,587	4.57
Turnout			188,103	84.18
	INC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baghmundi^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nepal Mahata	77,458	49.48	−2.00
	AIFB	Mangal Mahato	59,814	38.21	+2.33
	AJSU	Rakesh Mahato	10,797	6.90
Turnout			156,549	81.54
	INC hold		Swing	-4.33#

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct Jhalda constituency.