Memari Assembly constituency

Memari is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Memari
Constituency No. 265 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Memari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman Purba
Established	1962
Total electors	203,280
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Madhusudan Bhattacharya
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 265 Memari assembly constituency covers Memari municipality, Memari I community development block, and Kuchut, Satgachhia II gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.^[1]

Memari assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Memari	Suchand Soren	Communist Party of India[2]
1967		P.Bishayee	Indian National Congress[3]
1969		Benoy Krishna Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1971		Benoy Krishna Konar	Communist Party of India[5]
1972		Naba Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress[6]
1977		Benoy Krishna Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982		Maharani Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987		Maharani Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991		Maharani Konar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996		Tapas Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001		Tapash Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006		Sandhya Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13][14]
2011		Abul Hasem Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016		Nargis Begum	All India Trinamool Congress[16][17]
2021		Madhusudan Bhattacharya	All India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Memari^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Madhusudan Bhattacharya	104,851	47.92	1.57
	BJP	Bhismadeb Bhattacharya	81,773	37.37	29.89
	CPI(M)	Sanat Banerjee	25,618	11.71	30.28
	BSP	Kalpana Mondal	2,121	0.97	0.17
	BMUP	Tarun Kanti Dhali	1,737	0.79
	Independent	Manab Banerjee	1,029	0.47
	NOTA	None of the above	1,673	0.76
Turnout			218,802
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Memari constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nargis Begum	94,406	46.35	−1.91
	CPI(M)	Debashis Ghosh	85,523	41.99	−4.53
	BJP	Bhismadeb Bhattacharya	15,231	7.48	+5.78
	Independent	Srabanti Majumder	2,344	1.15
	BSP	Dinesh Sikdar	2,325	1.14	+0.6
	NOTA	None of the above	2,287	1.12
	JDP	Budo Murmu	1,558	0.76	−0.29
Turnout			203,674	87.31	−3.53
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Memari^[19][20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abul Hasem Mondal	89,083	48.24	+12.89#
	CPI(M)	Debashis Ghosh	85,905	46.52	−14.11
	BJP	Biswajit Poddar	3,138	1.70
	JMM	Ananda Mohan Biswas	2,036
	JDP	Sukumar Saren	1,936	1.05
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Radharani Murmu	1,578
	BSP	Mukul Biswas	989	0.54
Turnout			184,665	90.84
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+27.00#

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

1977-2006

Sandhya Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Memari assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sk. Mohammad Ismile of Trinamool Congress in the 2006 assembly elections. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Tapas Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Syed Mustaq Murshed of Trinamool Congress and Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Maharani Konar of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Ohidmolla, Naba Kumar Chatterjee and Sabyasachi Samanta, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Benoy Konar of CPI(M) defeated Surya Narayan Pal of Janata Party.^[22]

1962-1972

Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Krishna Konar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. P.Bishayee won in 1967. In 1962, Suchand Soren of CPI won the Memari seat reserved for scheduled tribes.^[23] Prior to that the seat did not exist.