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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Sainthia 
|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|23|57|N|87|40|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 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 289
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)|42. Birbhum]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 190,037 (2011)

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
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'''Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]]. [[Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] ceases to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a newly constituted constituency.

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 289, Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: [[Sainthia]] municipality, Banagram, Deriapur, Fulur, Horisara, Hatora and Mathpalsa [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Sainthia (community development block)|Sainthia]] [[Community Development Block in India|CD Block]], [[Angar Garia]], Bhutura, Charicha, [[Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum|Mohammad Bazar]], [[Deucha]] and Puranagram gram panchayats of [[Mohammad Bazar (community development block)|Mohammad Bazar]] CD Block, and [[Suri II]] CD Block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-09-26 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 42 [[Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==Election results==

===2021===
In the 2021 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Piya Saha of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Sainthia}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nilabati Saha
|votes = 110,572
|percentage = 49.84
|change = -2.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Piya Saha
|votes = 95,329
|percentage = 42.97
|change = +30.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Mausumi Konai
|votes = 10,369
|percentage = 4.67
|change = -28.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tarapada Badyakar
|votes = 2,098
|percentage = 0.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Naba Kumar Das
|votes = 1,756
|percentage = 0.79
|change = +0.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,742
|percentage = 0.79
|change = -0.52
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 221,866
|percentage = 90.02
|change = +3.11
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI (M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Sainthia}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nilabati Saha
|votes = 103,376
|percentage = 52.17
|change = +7.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dhiren Bagdi
|votes = 64,765
|percentage = 32.68
|change = -14.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Piya Saha
|votes = 24,029
|percentage = 12.13
|change = +6.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,599
|percentage = 1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Paban Kumar Bagdi
|votes = 1,860
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Naba Kumar Das
|votes = 1,534
|percentage = 0.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 198,163
|percentage = 86.91
|change = -0.05
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Sainthia <ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25289.htm|title = Sainthia|work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=289|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Sainthia| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-04-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Sainthia |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-04-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030419/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dhiren Bagdi
|votes = 77,512
|percentage = 46.91
|change = -6.83#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Parikhit Bala
|votes = 73,194
|percentage = 44.29
|change = +1.13#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shibnath Saha
|votes = 8,786
|percentage = 5.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Madan Chandra Dhuli
|votes = 5,761
|percentage = 3.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 165,253
|percentage = 86.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -7.46#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage that year, for the now-defunct [[Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahammad Bazar]] constituency in 2006.</small>

==References==
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{{Birbhum topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Birbhum district]]

Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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