Kakdwip Assembly constituency

Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Kakdwip
Constituency No. 131 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kakdwip Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur
Established	1957
Total electors	247,649
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manturam Pakhira
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kakdwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

• Kakdwip community development block
• Budhakhali and Narayanpur gram panchayats of Namkhana community development block

Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Kakdwip	Maya Banerjee	Indian National Congress[2]
1962		Maya Banerjee	Indian National Congress[3]
1967		Hansadhwaj Dhara	Indian National Congress[4]
1969		Hansadhwaj Dhara	Indian National Congress[5]
1971		Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972		Basudeb Sautya	Indian National Congress[7]
1977		Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982		Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987		Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991		Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996		Ashok Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001		Manturam Pakhira	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006		Ashok Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011		Manturam Pakhira	All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016		Manturam Pakhira	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Manturam Pakhira	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Kakdwip

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	114,493	52.00
	BJP	Deepankar Jana	89,191	41.00
	INC	Indranil Rout	12,234	6.00
	BSP	Parbati Bhunia	1,630	1.00
	SUCI	Jhantu Maity	1,026	0.60
	NOTA	None of the above	1,023	0.60
Majority			25,302
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Kakdwip^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	84,483	51.46	+2.40
	CPI(M)	Milan Bhattacharya	73,980	45.07	−4.57
	BJP	Nirmal Kumar Das	3,329	2.03
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Kazi Nasiruddin Baidya	1,225
	Independent	Himanshu Sekhar Patra	1,142
Turnout			164,159	91.25
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	6.77

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006,^[14] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) won the Kakdwip Assembly constituency defeating Manturam Pakhira of AITC. Manturam Pakhira of AITC won in 2001^[13] defeating Ashok Giri of CPI(M). In 1996,^[12] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) defeated Manturam Pakhira of INC. Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating Gourishankar Bhattacharya of INC in 1991^[11] and 1987,^[10] and Basudev Sautya of INC in 1982^[9] and 1977.^[8][17]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972

Basudeb Sautya of INC won in 1972.^[7] Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1971.^[6] Hansadhwaj Dhara of INC won in 1969^[5] and 1967.^[4] Maya Banejee of INC won in 1962^[3] and 1957.^[2] The seat did not exist prior to that.