Shyampur Assembly constituency

Shyampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Shyampur
Constituency No. 179 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Shyampur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Uluberia
Established	1951
Total electors	208,795
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalipada Mandal
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 179 Shyampur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baneswarpur I, Baneswarpur II, Dingakhola, Kamalpur, Radhapur and Syampur gram panchayats of Shyampur I community development block and Shyampur II community development block.^[1]

Shyampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Shyampur	Sasabindu Bera	All India Forward Bloc (Marxist)[2]
1957		Sasabindu Bera	All India Forward Bloc (Marxist)[3]
1962		Murari Mohan Manya	Indian National Congress[4]
1967		Sasabindu Bera	All India Forward Bloc[5]
1969		Sasabindu Bera	All India Forward Bloc[6]
1971		Sisir Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[7]
1972		Sisir Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Sasabindu Bera	Janata Party[9]
1982		Gour Hari Adak	All India Forward Bloc[10]
1987		Gour Hari Adak	All India Forward Bloc[11]
1991		Sanjib Kumar Das	Indian National Congress[12]
1996		Sanjib Kumar Das	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Kalipada Mandal	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006		Kalipada Mandal	All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2011		Kalipada Mandal	All India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Shyampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kalipada Mondal	114,804	51.74
	BJP	Tnusree Chakraborty	83,293	37.54
	INC	Amitava Chakraborty	20,408	9.20
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Shyampur constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kalipada Mondal	99,501	56.64	+7.74#
	AIFB	Minati Pramanik	64,882	36.94	−6.74
	BJP	Gour Mohan Das	7,297	4.15
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Aynul Molla	3,978
Turnout			175,658	84.13
	AITC hold		Swing	13.51#

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

1977-2006

In 2006^[15] and 2001^[14] state assembly elections, Kali Pada Mandal of Trinamool Congress won the Shyampur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Asit Baran Sau and Jaladhar Samanta, both of Forward Bloc, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sanjib Kumar Das of Congress defeated Jaladhar Samanta and Gour Hari Adak, both of Forward Bloc, in 1996^[13] and 1991^[12] respectively. Gour Hari Adak of Forward Bloc defeated Sisir Kumar Sen of Congress in 1987^[11] and 1982.^[10] Sasabindu Bera of Janata Party defeated Kishori Mohan Moinan of Forward Bloc in 1977.^[9][18]

1951-1972

Sisir Kumar Sen of Congress won in 1972^[8] and 1971.^[7] Sasabindu Bera representing Forward Bloc won in 1969^[6] and !967.^[5] Murari Mohan Manya of Congress won in 1962.^[4] Sasabindu Bera representing Forward Bloc (Marxists) won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951,^[2] Sasabindu Bera representing Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) won the Shyampur seat.