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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Pingla
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Pingla.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Pingla Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Ajit Maity]]
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
| constituency_no = 227
| established = 1967
| electors = 194,757
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Pingla Assembly 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 Assembly 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]] (CDB) and [[Kharagpur II (community development block)|Kharagpur II]] CDB.<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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Prabodh Chandra Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|Saumen Kumar Mahapatra
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Ajit Maity
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Pingla}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ajit Maity|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Swagata Manna|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ashoke Sen|party=Communist Party of India|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Susanta Mandal|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Sishir Kumar Manna
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kazi Abdur Rashid|party=Aam Janata Unnayan Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Pingla}}
{{Election box winning 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 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=227| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064236/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=227| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|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 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=227| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064236/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=227| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|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 among multiple candidates but only winners and runners-up 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 (West Bengal politician)|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==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in West Bengal]]

Pingla Assembly constituency - Revision history

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