Moyna Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Moyna, Purba Medinipur. For 2 its community development block, see Moyna (community development block).

For other uses, see Moyna.

Moyna Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Moyna
Constituency No. 206 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Moyna Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Established	1951
Total electors	196,912
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok Dinda
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 206 Moyna Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Moyna community development block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block.^[1]

Moyna Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Kanai Lal Bhowmick		Communist Party of India
1957	Ananga Mohan Das		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Kanai Lal Bhowmick		Communist Party of India
1969
1971
1972
1977	Pulak Bera		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987	Pulin Bera
1991	Manik Bhowmik		Indian National Congress
1996	Dipak Bera		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001
2006	Sk. Mujibur Rahman
2011	Bhusan Chandra Dolai		Trinamool Congress
2016	Sangram Kumar Dolai
2021	Ashok Dinda		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Moyna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Dinda	108,109	48.17
	AITC	Sangram Dolui	1,06,849	47.61
	INC	Manik Bhaumik	5,108	2.28
Turnout			1,260	0.56
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

Year	Party	Status	Candidate Name	Vote
2016	AITC	Winner	Sangram Kumar Dolai	100980
2016	INC	Runner-up	Manik Bhowmik	88856

Result: http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/9/36873/249

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bhusan Chandra Dolai	91,037	50.95	+2.50#
	CPI(M)	Sk. Mujibur Rahman	81,081	45.38	−3.57
	BJP	Asit Pattanayak	4,626	2.59
	Independent	Sheikh Nurul Islam	1,940
Turnout			178,685	90.74
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	6.07#

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

1977-2006

In the state assembly elections in 2006, Sk. Mujibur Rahman of CPI(M) won the 206 Moyna assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Prafulla Kumar Barai of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dipak Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bhusan Chandra Dolai of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Manik Bhowmik of Congress in 1996. Manik Bhowmik of Congress defeated Dipak Bera of CPI(M) in 1991. Pulin Bera of CPI(M) defeated Rekharani Deb of Congress in 1987. Pulak Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bhusan Chandra Doloi of Congress in 1982 and 1977.^[5]

1951-1972

Kanai Lal Bhowmick of CPI won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananga Mohan Das of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kanai Lal Bhowmick of CPI won the Moyna seat.^[6]