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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ukhra
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Asansol Lok Sabha constituency|Asansol]]
| constituency_no = 263
| established = 1964
| abolished = 2008
| reservation = SC
}}
'''Ukhra''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It was reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Ukhra Assembly constituency ceased to exist and No. 275 Pandaveswar assembly constituency was created from 2011. It covers [[Pandabeswar (community development block)|Pandabeswar]] and [[Faridpur-Durgapur (community development block)|Faridpur-Durgapur]] community development blocks.<ref name=delimitation>{{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 }}</ref> Pandaveswar assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol Lok Sabha constituency]].

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Ukhra Assembly constituency has ceased to be an assembly constituency from 2011. [[Andal, Bardhaman|Andal]] community development block is part of [[Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{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/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 2010-09-18 }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! {{Abbr|Con.<br>No.|Constituency Number}}
! {{Abbr|Res.|Reservation}}
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="4" | 250
| rowspan="11" | SC
| H. Mondal
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="2" | Lakhan Bagdi
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Gopal Mondal
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="7" |263
| rowspan="5" | Lakhan Bagdi
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| rowspan="7" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Madan Bauri (Paschim Bardhaman politician)|Madan Bauri]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|}
==Election results==
===1977-2006===
[[Madan Bauri (MLA)|Madan Bauri]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Ukhra (SC) assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001 defeating his nearest rivals Upender Paswan of [[JD(U)]] and Nirmal Maji of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] respectively. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI (M) won the seat in 1996, 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, defeating Jethu Ram of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996, Gopal Mondal of Congress in 1991, Haradhan Mondal of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and Gopal Mondal of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp263.htm | title = 263 – Ukhra (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1969-1972===
Gopal Mondal of INC won the seat in 1972. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971 and 1969. Prior to that the Ukhra constituency was not there.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Ukhra assembly constituency was part of [[Asansol Lok Sabha constituency]].

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

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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1964]]
[[Category:1964 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in India]]

Ukhra Assembly constituency - Revision history

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