Jhargram Assembly constituency

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

Jhargram
Constituency No. 222 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Jhargram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Jhargram
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Established	1957
Total electors	184,109
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Birbaha Hansda
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 222 Jhargram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhargram municipality, Bandhgora, Manikpara, Radhanagar and Sapdhara gram panchayats of Jhargram community development block and Binpur I community development block.^[1]

Jhargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 33 Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).^[1]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jhargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Birbaha Hansda	109,493	54.00	−1.00
	BJP	Sukhamoy Satpathy	71,253	35.00	+23.90
	CPI(M)	Madhuja Sen Roy	10,430	5.00
	NOTA	None of the above	3,636	2.00
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jhargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukumar Hansda	99,233	55.00	+10.33
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)	Chunibala Hansdah	44,005	24.00	new
	BJP	Ajay Kumar Sen	18,843	11.11	+7.00
	INC	Subrata Bhattacharya	7,017
	SUCI(C)	Mahadeb Pratihar	2,343
	AJSU	Gunadhar Mahato	1,599
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukumar Hansda	69,464	44.67	+4.32#
	CPI(M)	Amar Basu	54,191	34.85	−19.97
	Independent	Chhatradhar Mahata	20,037	12.88
	BJP	Bijay Mahato	6,376	4.10
	JMM	Sunil Kisku	5,573	3.66
	Jharkhand Anushilan Party	Bholanath Mahata	5,452	3.51
Turnout			155,520	84.47
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	24.29#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Amar Basu of CPI(M) won the Jhargram assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shivendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mina Sanatani of CPI(M) defeated Makhan Lal Bangal of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Buddhadeb Bhakat of CPI(M) defeated Chaitanya Murmu of Congress in 1996 and Nikhil Maiti of Congress in 1991. Abani Bhusan Satpathi of CPI(M) defeated Bhabesh Mahata of Congress in 1987 and Birendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress in 1982. Ram Chandra Satpathy of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress in 1977.^[5]

1957-1972

Birendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Panchkari De of Bangla Congress won in 1969. P.C.Ghosh, Independent, won in 1967. Mahendra Nath Mahata of Congress won in 1962 and 1957.^[6]