Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Pandabeswar (community development block). For 2 its namesake operational area of ECL, see Pandaveswar Area. For 3 its namesake administrative centre, see Pandabeswar.
Pandaveswar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Pandaveswar
Location in West Bengal
Pandaveswar
Pandaveswar (India)
Coordinates: 23°43′N 87°17′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.275
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency40. Asansol
Electorate (year)167,922 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Ukhra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and No. 275 Pandaveswar assembly constituency was created from 2011. It covers Pandabeswar and Faridpur-Durgapur community development blocks.[1]

Pandaveswar assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pandaveswar [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Gouranga Chatterjee 67,240 49.69 -16.31#
AITC Md. Zahir Alam Ansari 59,429 43.92 #
BJP Ashish Garai 4,511 3.33
Independent Ramprasad Mukherjee 2,161
Independent Nayan Gope 1,976
Turnout 135,317 80.78
CPI (M) hold Swing #

.# Change for CPI(M) calculated on the basis of its vote percentage in 2006 in the Ukhra constituency. Trinamool Congress did not contest the Ukhra seat 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)

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. "Pandaveswar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pandaveswar. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pandaveswar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
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