Sutahata Assembly constituency

Sutahata Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Sutahata
Former constituency No. 205 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Established	1962
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Sutahata Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.^[1]

It was part of Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).

Results

2006

In the 2006 elections, Nityananda Bera of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Mondal of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Sutahata constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nityananda Bera	108,033	56.80
	AITC	Tushar Kanti Mondal	70,754	37.20
	INC	Narendra Nath Patra	6929	3.60
	Independent	Rabindaranth Biswas	2353	1.20
	Independent	Tushar Mandal	2247	1.20
Majority			37,279	19.6%
Turnout			190,355	(90.9%)
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977-2006

• In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Nityananda Bera of CPI(M) won the 205-Sutahata assembly seat (SC) defeating his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Mondal of Trinamool Congress.
• Tushar Kanti Mandal of Indian National Congress defeated Nityananda Bera of CPI(M) in 1996.
• Lakshman Chandra Seth of CPI(M) defeated Tushar Mandal of INC in 1991,
• Lakshman Chandra Seth of CPI(M) defeated Narendra Nath Patra of INC.
• Lakshman Chandra Seth of CPI(M) defeated Narendra Nath Patra of Independent candidate in 1982.
• Shiba Nath Das of Janata Party defeated Lakshman Chandra Seth of CPI(M) in 1977.

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1962-1972

• 1972 – Rabindra Nath Karan (Communist Party of India).
• 1971 – Baneswar Patra (Bangla Congress).
• 1969 – Harahari Deb (Indian National Congress).
• 1967 – M.C. Das (Bangla Congress).
• 1962 – Mahtab Chand Das (Indian National Congress).

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