Taldangra Assembly constituency

Taldangra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Taldangra
Constituency No. 251 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Taldangra Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency	Bankura
Established	1951
Total electors	179,693
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Falguni Singhababu

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 251 Taldangra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bibarda, Fulmati, Harmasra, Khalgram, Panchmura and Taldangra gram panchayats of Taldangra community development block; Brojarajpur and Gaurbazar gram panchayats of Indpur community development block; and Simlapal community development block.^[1]

Taldangra Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member[2]	Party
2011	Manoranjan Patra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	Samir Chakraborty	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Arup Chakraborty	All India Trinamool Congress
2024	Falguni Singhababu	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Taldangra^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Falguni Singhababu	98,926	52.00	5.98
	BJP	Ananya Roy Chakraborty	64,844	34.12	5.76
	CPI(M)	Debkanti Mahanti	19,430	10.23	1.38
	INC	Tushar Kanti Sannigrahi	822	0.42	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,446	1.29
Majority			34,082	40.5
Turnout			188,468
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Arup Chakraborty of AITC won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating Shyamal Kumar Sarkar of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Taldangra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arup Chakraborty	92,026	46.1
	BJP	Shyamal Kumar Sarkar (BENU)	79,649	39.9
	CPI(M)	Manoranjan Patra	23,189	11.6
Turnout			1,99,668	90.29
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 state assembly elections, Samir Chakraborty of All India Trinamool Congress won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amia Patra of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Taldangra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Chakraborty	87,236	48.40
	CPI(M)	Dr. Amiyo Patra	73,567	40.08
	BJP	Mahadeb Khan	11,741	6.50
Turnout			1,80,192	87.10
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Taldangra^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Monoranjan Patra	74,779	47.59	−13.87
	INC	Arun Kumar Pathak	67,614	43.03	+10.58#
	BJP	Milan Singha Mahapatra	6,110	3.89
	JDP	Dulal Saren	4,098
	Jharkhand Anushilan Party	Uzzwal Singha	1,810
	SUCI	Kabita Singha Babu	1,564
	JVM(P)	Kalipada Hembram	1,157
Turnout			157,132	87.44
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-24.45#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Manoranjan Patra of CPI(M) won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Manik Mitra of Trinamool Congress, Dilip Panda of Trinamool Congress and Debaprasad Singha Barathakur of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amiya Patra of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress in 1991 and Amit Chatterjee of Congress in 1987. Mohini Mohan Panda of CPI(M) defeated Kalyani Prasad Singha Choudhury of Congress in 1982 and Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress in 1977.^[7]

1952-1972

Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress won in 1972. Mohini Mohan Panda of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. Purabi Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 there was no seat at Taldangra. Purabi Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Taldangra seat in independent India's first election in 1952.^[8]