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| name = Maheshtala 
| official_name =
| native_name = মহেশতলা
| native_name_lang = [[Bengali]]
| other_name =
| nickname = 
| settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha Constituency 
| total_type = 
| motto =

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| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Maheshtala Vidhan Sabha Constituency
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type3 = Constituency No.
| subdivision_name3 = 155
| subdivision_type4 = Type
| subdivision_name4 = Open
| subdivision_type5 = Lok Sabha constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 214,525 (2011)

| area_code_type =
| area_code =
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| website =
| footnotes =
| governing_body = Maheshtala Municipality
| leader_name = [[Dulal Das]] (Chairman & MLA)
}}

'''Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
* Ward No. 8 and Ward No. 11 to Ward No. 35 of [[Maheshtala|Maheshtala Municipality]]

Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]||Maheshtala||[[Sudhir Chandra Bhandari]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||[[Sudhir Chandra Bhandari]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||[[Ahammad Ali Mufti]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||[[Sudhir Chandra Bhandari]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]||||[[Sudhir Chandra Bhandari]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]||||[[Sudhir Chandra Bhandari]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]||||[[Bhupen Bijali]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]||||[[Sudhir Chandra Bhandari]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||||[[Mir Abdus Sayeed]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]||||[[Abul Basar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]||||[[Abul Basar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]||||[[Mursalin Molla]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Mursalin Molla]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||[[Mursalin Molla]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Kasturi Das]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Kasturi Das]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2016–21 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections|2018 by-election]]
|
|Dulal Chandra Das
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taneja|first=Nidhi|date=2018-05-30|title=Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll Results: TMC registers huge win, beats nearest rival BJP by over 60,000 votes|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-maheshtala-assembly-bypoll-counting-live-updates-west-bengal-byelections-2018-results-live-streaming-444710|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Election Results==
===Legislative Assembly Election 2021===
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|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dulal Chandra Das]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Umesh Das
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pradyut Chowdhury
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|party = None of the above
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===By-Election 2018===
{{Election box begin
| title=[[2016–21_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_by-elections#2018|By-Election, 2018]]: Maheshtala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dulal Chandra Das]]
|votes = 1,04,818
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sujit Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 41,992
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pravat Chowdhury
|votes = 30,316
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 3,144
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 174,942
|percentage = 81.55
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 15.26
}}
{{Election box end}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-maheshtala-assembly-bypoll-counting-live-updates-west-bengal-byelections-2018-results-live-streaming-444710}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Election 2016===
{{Election box begin
| title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2016]]: Maheshtala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Kasturi Das
|votes = 93,675
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 81,223
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kartic Ch. Ghosh
|votes = 14,909
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 3,144
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 174,942
|percentage = 81.55
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 15.26
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Election 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Maheshtala<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=155|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Mahestala| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Kasturi Das
|votes = 92,211
|percentage = 52.71
|change = +4.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sheikh Mohammed Israil
|votes = 67,928
|percentage = 38.83
|change = -11.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Ramani Naskar]]
|votes = 7,971
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sisir Kumar Mukherjee
|votes = 3,689
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = Sagirauddin Laskar
|votes = 1,882
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Debashish Bose
|votes = 1,168
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Monoranjan Naskar
|votes = 80
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 174,942
|percentage = 81.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 15.26
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006, 2001 and 1996, Mursalin Molla of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rivals Dulal Das of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Biman Banerjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Gouranga Mukherjee of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Abul Basar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Malay Chowdhury of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and Habibur Rahman of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Mir Abdus Sayeed of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Dilip Ghose, [[Independent politician]], in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Mali Safiuddin of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp115.htm |title = 115 - Maheshtala Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972===
Bhupen Bijali of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Ahammad Ali Mufti of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1957<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and 1952.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]

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