https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Monteswar_Assembly_constituency Monteswar Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-11-14T12:37:06Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monteswar_Assembly_constituency&diff=518388&oldid=prev Accuntpayable1: New data 2026-05-08T14:25:06Z <p>New data</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Monteswar<br /> | type= SLA<br /> | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Manteswar.map}}<br /> | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Monteswar Assembly Constituency<br /> | map_alt = <br /> | mla = Saikat Panja<br /> | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /> | alliance = <br /> | latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br /> | state = [[West Bengal]]<br /> | district = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]<br /> | constituency_no = 263<br /> | established = 1951<br /> | electors = 191,654<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | abolished = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Monteswar Assembly constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 263 Monteswar assembly constituency covers Baghsan, Vagra Mulgram, Denur, Jamna, Kusumgram, Majhergram, Mamudpur I, Monteswar, Pipalan and Shushunia gram panchayats of [[Manteswar (community development block)|Manteswar]] community development block and Barapalason I, Barapalason II, Bohar I, Bohar II, Bijur I, Bijur II and Satgachhia I gram panchayats of [[Memari II (community development block)|Memari II]] community development block.&lt;ref name=delimitation&gt;{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-13 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Monteswar assembly segment was earlier part of [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&lt;ref name =delimitation/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> !Year<br /> !Name<br /> !colspan=2|Party<br /> |-<br /> |[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br /> |Annada Prasad Mandal<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br /> |Bhakta Chandra Roy<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> |[[Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> |N. C. Chaudhuri<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|Kashinath Hazra Choudhury<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br /> |Tuhin Kumar Samanta<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br /> |Hemanta Kumar Roy<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=8}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|Hemanta Roy<br /> |-<br /> |[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;3&quot;|[[Abu Ayesh Mondal]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|Chaudhuri Md. Hedayetullah<br /> |-<br /> |[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br /> |[[Sajal Panja]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}<br /> |-<br /> |2016^<br /> |Saikat Panja<br /> |-<br /> |[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br /> |[[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br /> |Saikat Panja&lt;ref&gt;https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S25263.htm&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> * ^ by-election<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> ===2026===<br /> {{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Manteshwar}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Saikat Panja<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |votes = {{formatnum: 96559}}<br /> |percentage = 47.29<br /> |change = {{increase}}12.05<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = [[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]]<br /> |party = Trinamool Congress<br /> |votes = {{formatnum: 81761}}<br /> |percentage = 40.05<br /> |change = {{decrease}}10.39<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Anupam Ghosh<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |votes = {{formatnum: 18192}}<br /> |percentage = 8.91<br /> |change = {{decrease}}2.57<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Jyotirmay Mondal<br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |votes = {{formatnum: 2674}}<br /> |percentage = 1.31<br /> |change = {{New}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate=Samsul Haque Sheikh<br /> |party=Janata Unnayan Party<br /> |votes={{formatnum: 2114}}<br /> |percentage=1.04<br /> |change={{New}}<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br /> |party = None of the above (India)<br /> |votes = {{formatnum: 1360}}<br /> |percentage = 0.67<br /> |change = {{decrease}}0.1<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority|<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:14798}}<br /> |percentage = 7.25<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout|<br /> |votes = {{formatnum: 204165}}<br /> |percentage =<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |loser = Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2021===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Monteswar&lt;ref name=vidhansabha2021&gt;{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/monteswar-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Monteswar Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =13 May 2021 }}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= [[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]]|votes=105,460|percentage=50.44|change=-27.73}} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Saikat Panja|votes=73,655|percentage=35.24|change=+20.46}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Anupam Ghosh|votes=24,740|percentage=11.48|change=+0.85}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation||candidate=Ansarul Aman Mondal (Babu)|votes=1,877|percentage=0.90|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Party of Democratic Socialism (India)|candidate=Nasimul Gani Sayed|votes=1,693|percentage=0.81|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,611|percentage=0.77|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=209,036|percentage=|change=}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2016 by-election===<br /> {{Election box begin<br /> |title=2016 by-election: Monteswar, 19 November 2016}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |candidate = Saikat Panja<br /> |votes = 147,316<br /> |percentage = 77.59<br /> |change = +33.48<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |candidate = Md. Osman Gani Sarkar<br /> |votes = 20,189<br /> |percentage = 10.63<br /> |change = -33.11<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |candidate = Biswajit Poddar<br /> |votes = 16,073<br /> |percentage = 8.47<br /> |change = +0.37<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |candidate = Bulbul Ahammed Sekh<br /> |votes = 2,885<br /> |percentage = 1.52<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation<br /> |candidate = Ansarul Aman Mondal<br /> |votes = 1,463<br /> |percentage = 0.77<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)<br /> |candidate = Sheikh Ekramul Hossain<br /> |votes = 778<br /> |percentage = 0.41<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = None of the above<br /> |candidate = None of the above<br /> |votes = 1,168<br /> |percentage = 0.62<br /> |change = -0.66<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority<br /> |votes = 127,127<br /> |percentage = 66.96<br /> |change = +66.59<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout<br /> |votes = 189,872<br /> |percentage = 86.90<br /> |change = -0.39<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box Registered electors<br /> |reg. electors = 218,480<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2016===<br /> {{Election box begin<br /> |title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Monteswar&lt;ref name=vidhansabha2016&gt;{{cite web | url = https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/monteswar/ | title = Monteswar| work = Election Results| publisher = India.com |access-date = 13 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |candidate = Sajal Panja<br /> |votes = 84,134<br /> |percentage = 44.11<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |candidate = Chaudhuri Mohd. Hidayatullah<br /> |votes = 83,428<br /> |percentage = 43.74<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |candidate = Biswajit Poddar<br /> |votes = 15,452<br /> |percentage = 8.10<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br /> |candidate = Khokan Das<br /> |votes = 2,644<br /> |percentage = 1.38<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate<br /> |party = MPI<br /> |candidate = Jagabandhu Malik<br /> |votes = 1,437<br /> |percentage = 0.75<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Jharkhand Disom Party<br /> |candidate = Premchand Soren<br /> |votes = 1,190<br /> |percentage = 0.62<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = None of the above<br /> |candidate = None of the above<br /> |votes = 2,445<br /> |percentage = 1.28<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority<br /> |votes = 706<br /> |percentage = 0.37<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout<br /> |votes = 190,730<br /> |percentage = 87.29<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box Registered electors<br /> |reg. electors = 218,480<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2011===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[West Bengal state assembly election, 2011|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Monteswar&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25263.htm |title = Monteswar |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Monteswar | publisher =Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-10 }}&lt;/ref&gt; }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |candidate = Choudhury Mohd. Hedaetullaha<br /> |votes = 81,822<br /> |percentage = 47.24<br /> |change = -10.69<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |candidate = [[Abu Ayesh Mondal]]<br /> |votes = 78,524<br /> |percentage = 45.34<br /> |change = +6.51#<br /> }} <br /> {{Election box candidate<br /> |party = People&#039;s Democratic Conference of India<br /> |candidate = Abdul Kased Shaikh<br /> |votes = 4,890<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |candidate = Sakshi Gopal Ghosh<br /> |votes = 4,027<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Jharkhand Disom Party<br /> |candidate = Sunil Soren<br /> |votes = 2,036<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br /> |candidate = Sukumar Das<br /> |votes = 1,064<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation<br /> |candidate = Annada Prasad Bhattacharyya<br /> |votes = 824<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout<br /> |votes = 173,187<br /> |percentage = 90.36<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |swing = -17.20#<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> &lt;small&gt;.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> ===1977-2006===<br /> Narayan Hazra Chowdhury of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] lost the Monteswar Assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] defeated by Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996 and 1991, [[Abu Ayesh Mondal]] of CPI(M) defeated Narayan Hazara Choudhury of Trinamool Congress, Debabrata Roy of Congress and Biseswar Bhattacharya of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Hemanta Roy of CPI(M) defeated Tuhin Samanta of Congress.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp278.htm | title = 278 – Manteswar Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===1951-1972===<br /> In 1972, Tuhin Samanta of Congress won the seat. In 1971 and 1969, Kashinath Hazra Choudhury of CPI(M) won the seat. N.C.Chaudhuri of Congress won the seat in 1967. [[Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah]] of CPI won the seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Bhakta Chandra Roy (Independent) won the seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. Ananda Prasad Mondal of Congress won the seat in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India&#039;s first election in 1951]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections |access-date=2010-08-29 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Purba Bardhaman topics}}<br /> {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br /> [[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]</div> Accuntpayable1