Salboni Assembly constituency

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

Salboni
Constituency No. 234 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Salboni Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Established	1951
Total electors	208,442
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Srikanta Mahata
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 234 Salboni Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bhimpur, Bishnupur, Debgram, Lalgeria and Shalboni gram panchayats of Salboni community development block, Goaltor, Gohaldanga, Jeerapara, Makli, Patharpara and Pingbani gram panchayats of Garhbeta II community development block, and Garhbeta III community development block.^[1]

Salboni Assembly constituency is part of No. 33 Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).^[1]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Srikanta Mahata of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rajib Kundu of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Salboni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Srikanta Mahata	126,020	50.57	−3.34
	BJP	Rajib Kundu	93,376	37.47	+26.75
	CPI(M)	Sushanta Ghosh	19,859	7.97	−22.27
	Independent	Rasbihari Mahato	2,603	1.06
	NOTA	None of the above	1,965	0.79	−0.35
	Independent	Lakshmi Kanta Murmu	1,657	0.66
	AMB	Akshaya Kumar Mahata	1,609	0.65
	Humanity Universal Motion Party	Md. Kabirul Islam Khan	756	0.30
	Independent	Animesh Mahata	745	0.30
	SUCI(C)	Paresh Chandra Dutta	565	0.23	−0.32
Turnout			249,195	89.98	−0.37
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Srikanta Mahata of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Shyam Sundar Pandey of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Salboni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Srikanta Mahata	120,485	53.91	+6.37
	CPI(M)	Shyam Sundar Pandey	67,583	30.24	−15.05
	BJP	Dhiman Kumar Kolay	23,965	10.72	+7.91
	SS	Goutam Kouri	4,402	1.97
	NOTA	None of the above	2,551	1.14
	AJSU	Animesh Mahata	1,810	0.81
	Independent	Satish Singh	1,454	0.65
	SUCI(C)	Kalipada Mahato	1,232	0.55
Turnout			223,483	90.35	−2.57
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Srikanta Mahata of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhiram mahato of CPI(M).

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Srikanta Mahata	92,082	47.54	+10.26
	CPI(M)	Abhiram Mahato	87,727	45.29	−9.42
	BJP	Dhiman Kumar Kolay	5,439	2.81
	Independent	Tarun Manna	3,473
	JMM	Darku Murmu	3,272
	JDP	Sunil Tudu	1,692
Turnout			193,685	92.92
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	19.68

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Khagendranath Mahata of CPI(M) won the Salboni assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Uttara Singha (Hazra) of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Dinen Roy of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Tapas Das of Jharkhand Party (Naren) in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sundar Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Bijoy Mahata of Janata Party in 1991, Basanti Mahata of Congress in 1987, Kali Sadhan Mahata of Congress in 1982, and Basanti Mahata of Congress in 1977.^[5]

1951-1972

Thakurdas Mahata of CPI won in 1972. Sundar Hazra of CPI(M) won in 1971. Amulya Ratan Mahata of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Niranjan Khamrai of Congress won in 1962. The Salboni seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Bejoy Gopal Goswami, Independent, won the Salboni seat.^[6]