Nandakumar Assembly constituency

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

Nandakumar
Constituency No. 207 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Nandakumar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Established	2011
Total electors	192,113
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sukumar De
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 207 Nandakumar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nandakumar community development block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block.^[1]

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

Election results

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Sukumar De of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Siraj Khan, who was an Independent candidate supported by the LF - INC Alliance.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandakumar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukumar De	98,549	48.11	−2.83
	Independent	Siraj Khan	87,683	42.80
	BJP	Nilanjan Adhikary	10,668	5.21	+2.28
	NOTA	None of the above	2,099	1.02
	Independent	Marphat Ali Khan	1,872	0.91
	SP	Prakash Chandra Bera	1,698	0.83	−43.37
	WPI	Mirja Rabiul Islam	798	0.39
	LJP	Md. Sahalam Molla	793	0.39
	SUCI(C)	Saumitra Pattanayak	696	0.34
Turnout			204,856	89.61	−2.07
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukumar De	89,717	50.94	+2.76#
	SP	Brahmamoy Nanda	77,850	44.20	−5.96#
	BJP	Nilanjan Adhikari	5,152	2.93
	Independent	Maphijul Islam Sekh	1,807
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Abdur Razak Sk.	160
Turnout			176,131	91.68
	AITC gain from SP		Swing	7.72#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together and vote percentage of WBSP, in the now-defunct Narghat constituency in 2006.