Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Memari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Memari
Location in West Bengal
Memari
Memari (India)
Coordinates: 23°12′N 88°07′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
Constituency No.265
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency38. Bardhaman Purba
Electorate (year)203,280 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 265 Memari assembly constituency covers Memari municipality, Memari I community development block, and Kuchut, Satgachhia II gram panchayats of Memari II community development block. Barapalason-I, Barapalason-II, Bohar-I, Bohar-II, Bijur-I, Bijur-II and Satgachhia-I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block are part of Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[1]

Memari assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Memari [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Abul Hasan Mondal 89,083 48.24 +12.89#
CPI (M) Debasis Ghosh 85,905 46.52 -14.11
BJP Biswajit Poddar 3,138 1.70
JMM Ananda Mohan Biswas 2,036
JDP Sukumar Saren 1,936
People’s Democratic Conference of India Radharani Murmu 1,578
BSP Mukul Biswas 989
Turnout 184,665 90.84
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +27.00#

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

 
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 13
Forward bloc 1 0
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

Sandhya Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Memari assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sk. Mohammad Ismile of Trinamool Congress in the 2006 assembly elections. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Tapas Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Syed Mustaq Murshed of Trinamool Congress and Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Maharani Konar of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Ohidmolla, Naba Kumar Chatterjee and Sabyasachi Samanta, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Benoy Konar of CPI(M) defeated Surya Narayan Pal of Janata Party.[5]

1962-1972

Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Krishna Konar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. P.Bishayee won in 1967. In 1962, Suchand Soren of CPI won the Memari seat reserved for scheduled tribes.[6] Prior to that the seat did not exist.

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. "Memari". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Memari. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2013" (PDF). Memari. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  5. "275 – Memari Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
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