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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Pingla 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|22|16|19|N|87|35|08|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 227
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|32. Ghatal]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 194,757 (2011)

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
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'''Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 227 Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Pingla (community development block)|Pingla]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and [[Kharagpur II (community development block)|Kharagpur II]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web | url = http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date = 2010-10-15 | 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 = 13 August 2011 }}</ref>

Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 32 [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Election results==

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Pingla}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ajit Maity
|votes = 112,435
|percentage = 49.17
|change = -1.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Antara Bhattacharya
|votes = 105,779
|percentage = 46.26
|change = +38.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Samir Roy
|votes = 7,103
|percentage = 3.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,073
|percentage = 0.91
|change = -0.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Sishir Kumar Manna
|votes = 1,279
|percentage = 0.56
|change = -0.64
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 228,669
|percentage = 89.66
|change = -0.84
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Pingla <ref name="Pingla">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25227.htm|title = Pingla |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=227|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Pingla| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Pingla |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Somen Mahapatra|Saumen Kumar Mahapatra]]
|votes = 104,416
|percentage = 50.90
|change = +4.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|candidate = Prabodh Chandra Sinha
|votes = 80,198
|percentage = 39.10
|change = -8.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Antara Bhattacharya
|votes = 16,665
|percentage = 8.10
|change = +3.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Ranjit Bankura
|votes = 2,388
|percentage = 1.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,118
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Kartik Chandra Dolai
|votes = 1,474
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 205,141
|percentage = 90.50
|change = -1.60
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Pingla <ref name="Pingla">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25227.htm|title = Pingla |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=227|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Pingla| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Pingla |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|candidate = Prabodh Chandra Sinha
|votes = 84,737
|percentage = 47.24
|change = -9.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ajit Maity
|votes = 83,504
|percentage = 46.56
|change = +3.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sambhunath Hansda
|votes = 7,641
|percentage = 4.26
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Rabi Tudu
|votes = 3,481
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 179,364
|percentage = 92.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|swing = -13.43#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Ramapada Samanta of [[Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|DSP(PC)]] won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] symbol defeated Swapan Dome of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing [[Janata Party]] defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp217.htm |title = 217 - Pingla Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref>

===1967-1972===
Bijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1969 and 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp | title = Statistical Reports of Elections | access-date = 2010-12-20 | 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 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Paschim Medinipur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Medinipur district]]

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