Indas Assembly constituency

Indas is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Indas
Constituency No. 257 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Indas Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency	Bishnupur
Established	1967
Total electors	188,607
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nirmal Kumar Dhara
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 257 Indas Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Indas community development block; Balsi I, Balsi II, Biur Betur, Jamkuri and Kushdwip gram panchayats of Patrasayer community development block; and Laugram, Madanmohanpur gram panchayats of Kotulpur community development block.^[1]

Indas Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Members[2]	Party
2011	Gurupada Mete	Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Nirmal Kumar Dhara	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Indas^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Gurupada Mete	85,589	49.05	+11.20#
	CPI(M)	Santanu Kumar Bora	81,584	46.76	−17.29
	BJP	Srikanta Bagdi	7,319	4.19
Turnout			174,492	92.52
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	28.49

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Mahadeb Patra of CPI(M) won the Indas assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Basudeb Digar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nanda Dulal Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Purnima Lohar of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Naba Kumar Rajak of Congress in 1996 and Sanatan Santra of Congress in 1991. Badan Bora of CPI(M) defeated Piru Chandra Pandit of Congress in 1987, Gour Chandra Lohar of Congress in 1982 and Nabadurga of Janata Party in 1977.^[6]

1967-1972

Sanatan Santra of Congress won in 1972. Badan Bora of CPI(M) won in 1971. Abani Kumar Saha of Bangla Congress won in 1969. P.C.Mal of Bangla Congress in 1967. Prior to that the Indas seat did not exist.^[7]