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Minakhan Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Minakhan, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Minakhan.
Minakhan
Constituency No. 122 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Minakhan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBasirhat
Established2011
Total electors164,494
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 122 Minakhan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Minakhan community development block, and Bakjuri, Kulti, Shalipur and Sonapukur Sankarpur gram panchayats of Haroa community development block.[1]

Minakhan Assembly constituency (SC) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Minakhan Usha Rani Mondal All India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016 Usha Rani Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Usha Rani Mondal All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Minakhan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Usha Rani Mondal 109,818 51.72 −4.04
BJP Jayanta Mondal 53,988 25.42 +18.09
CPI(M) Pradyut Roy 44,606 21.01 −11.74
NOTA None of the above 3,940 1.86 −0.15
Turnout 212,352 94.04 +5.49
AITC hold Swing

2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Minakhan (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Usha Rani Mondal 103,210 55.76 +7.10
CPI(M) Dinabandhu Mondal 60,612 32.75 −11.19
BJP Jayanta Mondal 13,566 7.33 +1.82
BSP Krishna Kinkar Das 3,995 2.16
NOTA None of the above 3,718 2.01
Turnout 185,101 88.55 −3.31
AITC hold Swing

2011

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Minakhan (SC) constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Usha Rani Mondal 73,533 48.66
CPI(M) Dilip Roy 66,397 43.94
BJP Bhabesh Patra 8,323 5.51
Independent Ajit Pramanik 2,849
Turnout 151,102 91.86
AITC win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Minakhan. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.