Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency

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Sandeshkhali is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Sandeshkhali
Constituency No. 123 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Sandeshkhali Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Basirhat
Established	1951
Total electors	172,352
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sukumar Mahata
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 123 Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Sandeshkhali I community development block, and Beramajur I, Beramajur II, Durgamandap, Jeliakhali, Korakati, Manipur and Sandeshkhali gram panchayats of Sandeshkhali II community development block.^[1]

Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency (ST) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Haroa Sandeshkhali	Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar	Indian National Congress[3]
		Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal	Communist Party of India[3]
1957	Sandeshkhali	Haran Chandra Mondal	Independent[4]
1962		Ananta Kumar Baidya	Indian National Congress[5]
1967		Debendra Nath Sinha	Indian National Congress[6]
1969		Sarat Sarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971		Sarat Sarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972		Debendra Nath Sinha	Indian National Congress[9]
1977		Kumud Ranjan Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982		Kumud Ranjan Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987		Kumud Ranjan Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991		Dhiren Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996		Kanti Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001		Kanti Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006		Abani Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011		Nirapada Sardar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
2016		Sukumar Mahata	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Sukumar Mahata	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sandeshkhali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukumar Mahata	112,450	54.64	+3.15
	BJP	Bhaskar Sardar	72,765	35.36	+22.65
	ISF	Barun Mahato	14,387	6.99
	NOTA	None of the above	2,456	1.19	−0.38
	Independent	Harish Chandra Sardar	1,961	0.95	+0.41
	Independent	Subal Chandra Sardar	1,063	0.52
	Independent	Khokan Sardar	705	0.34
Turnout			205,787	86.24	−0.90
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sandeshkhali (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukumar Mahata	96,566	51.49	+11.02
	CPI(M)	Nirapada Sardar	58,366	31.13	−12.08
	BJP	Sukumar Sardar	23,841	12.71	+1.44
	NOTA	None of the above	2,952	1.57
	AMB	Manib Sardar	1,890	1.01
	BSP	Ramkrishna Munda (Sardar)	1,686	0.90
	SUCI(C)	Krishna Pada Munda	1,218	0.65
	Independent	Harish Chandra Sardar	1,010	0.54
Turnout			187,519	87.14	−2.58
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sandeshkhali (ST) constituency^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nirapada Sardar	66,815	43.21	−10.76
	AITC	Padma Mahato	62,583	40.47	+0.44#
	BJP	Sukumar Sardar	17,425	11.27
	Independent	Harish Chandra Sardar	2,745
	JMM	Anita Sardar	1,979
	Independent	Madhusudan Mahata	1,267
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Swapan Kumar Sardar	1,253
	Independent	Nirendra Nath Sardar	566
Turnout			154,633	89.72
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-11.20#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 assembly elections,^[16] Abani Roy of CPI(M) won the 98 Sandeshkhali (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kanti Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Ranjit Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress/Congress in 2001^[17] and 1996.^[14] Dhiren Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Krishna Pada Patra of Congress in 1991.^[13] Kumud Ranjan Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Ranjit Kumar Das of Congress in 1987^[12] and 1977,^[10] and Ananata Kumar Bera of Congress in 1982.^[11][19]

1951-1972

Debendra Nath Sinha of Congress won in 1972.^[9] Sarat Sarder of CPI(M) won in 1971^[8] and 1969.^[7] Debendra Nath Sinha of Congress won in 1967.^[6] Ananta Kumar Baidya of Congress won in 1962.^[5] Haran Chandra Mondal, Independent, won in 1957.^[4] In independent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of CPI won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.^[3]