Dantan Assembly constituency

Dantan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Dantan
Constituency No. 219 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Dantan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Medinipur
Established	1951
Total electors	160,317
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bikram Chandra Pradhan
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 219 Dantan Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dantan II community development block, Mohanpur community development block, and Chak Islampur gram panchayat of Dantan I community development block.^[1]

Dantan Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shaktipada Nayak of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Dantan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bikram Chandra Pradhan	95,209	48.13	5.33
	BJP	Shaktipada Nayak	94,586	47.82	40.35
	CPI	Sisir Kumar Patra	5,652	2.86	34.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,250	0.63	0.34
	SUCI(C)	Subhas Das	1,101	0.56	0.44
Majority			623
Turnout			197,798
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sisir Kumar Patra of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dantan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bikram Chandra Pradhan	95,641	53.46	+7.01
	CPI	Sisir Kumar Patra	66,381	37.10	−12.25
	BJP	Shaktipada Nayak	13,347	7.47	+5.03
	SUCI(C)	Balaram Das	1,797	1.00
	NOTA	None of the above	1,741	0.97
Turnout			178,917	84.54	−4.78
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Arun Mahapatra of CPI defeated his nearest rival Saibal Giri of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dantan^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Arun Mahapatra	79,118	49.35	−11.09
	AITC	Shaibal Giri	74,468	46.45	+7.10#
	BJP	Shailendra Jana	3,909	2.44
	Independent	Mukul Kumar Mishra	1,653
	PDS	Soumen Samanta	1,169
Turnout			160,317	89.32
	CPI hold		Swing	-18.19#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharya of CPI won the Danatan assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001, and Sunil Baran Giri of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ranjit Patra of CPI(M) defeated Panchanan Mahanti of Congress in 1991. Kanai Bhowmick of CPI defeated Dilip Kumar Das of Congress in 1987 and Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Janata Party in 1982. Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Janata Party defeated Rabindra Nath Dwibedi of CPI in 1977.^[5]

1951-1972

Pradyut Kumar Mahanti of Congress (Organisation) won in 1972. Pulin Behari Tripathi of Congress won in 1971. Debendra Nath Das of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Charu Chandra Mahanti of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury of Bharatiya Jana Sangh won the Dantan seat.^[6]