Pingla Assembly constituency

Pingla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Pingla
Constituency No. 227 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Pingla Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Ghatal
Established	1967
Total electors	194,757
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajit Maity
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 227 Pingla Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui gram panchayats of Pingla community development block and Kharagpur II community development block.^[1]

Pingla Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Pingla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ajit Maity	112,435	49.17	−1.73
	BJP	Antara Bhattacharya	105,779	46.26	+38.16
	INC	Samir Roy	7,103	3.11
	NOTA	None of the above	2,073	0.91	−0.11
	SUCI(C)	Sishir Kumar Manna	1,279	0.56	−0.64
Turnout			228,669	89.66	−0.84
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Pingla^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Saumen Kumar Mahapatra	104,416	50.90	+4.34
	DSP(PC)	Prabodh Chandra Sinha	80,198	39.10	−8.14
	BJP	Antara Bhattacharya	16,665	8.10	+3.84
	SUCI(C)	Ranjit Bankura	2,388	1.20
	NOTA	None of the above	2,118	1.02
	Independent	Kartik Chandra Dolai	1,474	0.70
Turnout			205,141	90.50	−1.60
	AITC gain from DSP(PC)		Swing

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

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pingla^[2][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DSP(PC)	Prabodh Chandra Sinha	84,737	47.24	−9.81
	AITC	Ajit Maity	83,504	46.56	+3.62
	BJP	Sambhunath Hansda	7,641	4.26
	JMM	Rabi Tudu	3,481
Turnout			179,364	92.10
	DSP(PC) hold		Swing	-13.43#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ramapada Samanta of DSP(PC) won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the CPI(M) symbol defeated Swapan Dome of Congress in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing Janata Party defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.^[7]

1967-1972

Bijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of CPI won in 1969 and 1967.^[8]