Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kashipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kashipur Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°26′0″N 86°40′0″E / 23.43333°N 86.66667°ECoordinates: 23°26′0″N 86°40′0″E / 23.43333°N 86.66667°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Constituency No.	244
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	35. Purulia
Electorate (year)	188,082 (2011)

Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat from 2011 but as earlier reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 244 Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kashipur community development block; Hura, Jabarrah, Kalabani, Keshargarh, Ladhurka, Lakhanpur and Rakhera Bishpuri gram panchayats of Hura community development block. ^[1]

Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]It was earlier part of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kashipur [3][4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITMC	Swapan Kumar Belthariya	69,492	44.73	+9.03#
	CPI(M)	Subhas Chandra Mahata	65,771	42.33	-13.75
	JMM	Satrughna Murmu	4,240	2.73
	BJP	Prasanta Singha Deo	3,933	2.53
	Independent	Dilip Mahato	3,671
	JDP	Manilal Hembram	2,653
	PDS	Sanjit Chakraborty	1,994
	BSP	Chitta Ranjan Mahato	1,965
	AJSU	Subhas Chandra Mahato	991
	JVM(P)	Ramprasad Majhi	666
Turnout			155,376	82.61
	AITMC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	22.78#

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Purulia district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	5	5
Indian National Congress	2	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	7
Forward Bloc	1	1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Hembram of CPI(M) won the Kashipur seat defeating Anath Bandhu Patar of Trinamool Congress, Buddheswar Saren of Trinamool Congress, and Subhas Chandra Patar of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Surendranath Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nandalal Saren of Congress in 1991, Anil Baran Murmu of Congress in 1987, Subhas Chandra Patar of Congress in 1982 and Rampada Majhi of Janata Party in 1977.^[6]

1951–1972

Madan Mohan Mahato of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prabir Kumar Mallick of CPI won in 1969. N.S.Deo of Congress won in 1967. Budhan Majhi of Congress won in 1962. Ledu Majhi, Independent, and Budhan Majhi, Congress, won the Kashipur joint seat in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951, there was a joint seat entitled Kashipur cum Raghunathpur. Budhan Majhi of Congress and Ananda Prasad Chakrabarty, Independent, won in 1951.^[7]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
3. "Kashipur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kashipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kashipur. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
6. "242 - Kashipur (ST) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
7. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-27.