Kakdwip Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Constituency

Kakdwip
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 Manturam Pakhira
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.

Overview

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 community development block
Budhakhali and Narayanpur gram panchayats of Namkhana community development block

Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
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

Election results

2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Kakdwip^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

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]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972

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.

References

Notes

Citations

^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kakdwip. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
^ "126 - Kakdwip Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

Cities, municipal
and census towns

Alipore Sadar subdivision	Abhirampur Amtala Asuti Balarampur Barkalikapur Benjanhari Acharial Bhasa Birlapur Bishnupur Bora Gagangohalia Bawali Budge Budge Buita Chak Alampur Chak Enayetnagar Chak Kashipur Chanddandaha Chata Kalikapur Dakshin Raypur Daulatpur Ganye Gangadharpur Hanspukuria Kalua Kanganbaria Kanyanagar Kriparampur Maheshtala Nadabhanga Nahazari Nischintapur Patharberia Poali Pujali Ramchandrapur Rameswarpur Ramkrishnapur Samali Uttar Raypur
Baruipur subdivision	Alipur Baharu Baruipur Baruipur (CT) Bhangar Raghunathpur Bidyadharpur Chak Baria Champahati Danga Garia Gobindapur Hariharpur Jaynagar Majilpur Kalikapur Kalikapur Barasat Khodar Bazar Komarhat Mallikpur Maricha Narendrapur Naridana Nimpith Panchghara Petua Radhanagar Rajpur Sonarpur Ramchandrapur Raynagar Sahebpur Salipur Solgohalia Tulshighata Uttar Durgapur Uttarparanij
Diamond Harbour subdivision	Ajodhyanagar Bamna Baneshwarpur Bangsidharpur Berandari Bagaria Bilandapur Chandpala Anantapathpur Chandpur Dhamua Dhola Diamond Harbour Dihi Kalas Durganagar Fatepur Ghola Noapara Hasimnagar Kalikapota Krishna Chandrapur Lalpur Magrahat Masat Mathurapur Mohanpur Nainan Patdaha Purba Bishnupur Purba Ranaghat Sangrampur Shyampur Sirakol Swangrampur Usthi Uttar Bishnupur Uttar Kalas Uttar Kusum
Kakdwip subdivision	Kakdwip
Canning subdivision	Basanti Banshra Canning Dighirpar Gaur Daha Kalaria Matla Rajapur Taldi

Locations other than
Cities, municipal
and census towns

Alipore Sadar subdivision	Bakrahat Burul Dongaria Doulatabad Nodakhali
Baruipur subdivision	Dhosa Jamtala Jirongachhi Kalyanpur Kheadaha Kultali Maipit Nalmuri Tilpi Uttar Kasipur
Diamond Harbour subdivision	Baneswarpur Baribhanga Abad Bhushna Chhatrabhog Falta Harindanga Krishnpur Kulpi Lakshmikantapur Mandirbazar Netra Parulia Punya Raidighi Raichak Ramnagar Sarisha
Kakdwip subdivision	Bakkhali Fraserganj Ganespur Gangasagar Gobardhanpur Harinbari Harwood Point Namkhana Patharpratima Ramganga Rudranagar
Canning subdivision	Bhangonkhali Chhota Mollakhali Deuli Gosaba Jharkhali Jibantala Matherdighi Pathankhali Sonakhali Tangrakhali

Neighbourhoods

See also

Cities, towns and locations in South 24 Parganas district
People from South 24 Parganas district

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