Nandakumar Assembly constituency
Nandakumar | |
|---|---|
Assembly constituency | |
  Nandakumar Location in West Bengal  Nandakumar Nandakumar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°13′29″N 87°55′17″E / 22.22472°N 87.92139°ECoordinates: 22°13′29″N 87°55′17″E / 22.22472°N 87.92139°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Constituency No. | 207 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tamluk |
| Electorate (year) | 192,113 (2011) |
Nandakumar Assembly constituency (Bengali: নন্দকুমার বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Narghat Assembly constituency ceased to exist and Nandakumar Assembly constituency came into existence in 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 207 Nandakumar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nandakumar community development block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block.[1]
Nandakumar Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
2016
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Sukumar De of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Siraj Khan, who was an Independent candidate supported by the LF - INC Alliance.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukumar De | 98,549 | 48.11 | -2.83 | |
| Independent | Siraj Khan | 87,683 | 42.80 | ||
| BJP | Nilanjan Adhikary | 10,668 | 5.21 | +2.28 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,099 | 1.02 | ||
| Independent | Marphat Ali Khan | 1,872 | 0.91 | ||
| SP | Prakash Chandra Bera | 1,698 | 0.83 | -43.37 | |
| WPI | Mirja Rabiul Islam | 798 | 0.39 | ||
| LJP | Md. Sahalam Molla | 793 | 0.39 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Saumitra Pattanayak | 696 | 0.34 | ||
| Turnout | 204,856 | 89.61 | -2.07 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukumar De | 89,717 | 50.94 | +2.76# | |
| SP | Brahmamoy Nanda | 77,850 | 44.20 | -5.96# | |
| BJP | Nilanjan Adhikari | 5,152 | 2.93 | ||
| Independent | Maphijul Islam Sekh | 1,807 | |||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Abdur Razak Sk. | 160 | |||
| Turnout | 176,131 | 91.68 | |||
| AITC gain from SP | Swing | 7.72# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together and vote percentage of WBSP, in the now-defunct Narghat constituency in 2006.
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Nandakumar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nandakumar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nandakumar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.