Kakdwip | |
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Constituency No. 131 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Kakdwip Assembly Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
LS constituency | Mathurapur |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 247,649 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kakdwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1957 | Kakdwip | Maya Banerjee | Indian National Congress[2] |
1962 | Maya Banerjee | Indian National Congress[3] | |
1967 | Hansadhwaj Dhara | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1969 | Hansadhwaj Dhara | Indian National Congress[5] | |
1971 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
1972 | Basudeb Sautya | Indian National Congress[7] | |
1977 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
1982 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1987 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1991 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1996 | Ashok Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
2001 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress[13] | |
2006 | Ashok Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2011 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
2016 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress | |
2021 | Manturam Pakhira | All India Trinamool Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Manturam Pakhira | 114,493 | 52.00 | ||
BJP | Deepankar Jana | 89,191 | 41.00 | ||
INC | Indranil Rout | 12,234 | 6.00 | ||
BSP | Parbati Bhunia | 1,630 | 1.00 | ||
SUCI | Jhantu Maity | 1,026 | 0.60 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,023 | 0.60 | ||
Majority | 25,302 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Manturam Pakhira | 84,483 | 51.46 | +2.40 | |
CPI(M) | Milan Bhattacharya | 73,980 | 45.07 | -4.57 | |
BJP | Nirmal Kumar Das | 3,329 | 2.03 | ||
People’s Democratic Conference of India | Kazi Nasiruddin Baidya | 1,225 | |||
Independent | Himanshu Sekhar Patra | 1,142 | |||
Turnout | 164,159 | 91.25 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 6.77 |
In 2006,[14] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) won the Kakdwip Assembly constituency defeating Manturam Pakhira of AITC. Manturam Pakhira of AITC won in 2001[13] defeating Ashok Giri of CPI(M). In 1996,[12] Ashok Giri of CPI(M) defeated Manturam Pakhira of INC. Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating Gourishankar Bhattacharya of INC in 1991[11] and 1987,[10] and Basudev Sautya of INC in 1982[9] and 1977.[8][17]
Basudeb Sautya of INC won in 1972.[7] Hrishikesh Maity of CPI(M) won in 1971.[6] Hansadhwaj Dhara of INC won in 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Maya Banejee of INC won in 1962[3] and 1957.[2] The seat did not exist prior to that.