Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake settlement, see Mandirbazar, Diamond Harbour. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Mandirbazar.

Mandirbazar
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Mandirbazar is located in West Bengal Mandirbazar Location in West Bengal Mandirbazar Location in India
Coordinates: 22.1633°N 88.3258°E / 22.1633; 88.3258
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	135
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur (SC)
Electorate (year)	181,103 (2011)

Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:

• Mandirbazar community development block
• Laksmi Narayanpur Dakshin, Laksmi Narayanpur Uttar, Mathurapur Paschim and Mathurapur Purba gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block

Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Mandirbazar	Renupada Halder	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
1982		Subhas Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987		Subhas Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991		Subhas Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996		Nikunja Paik	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001		Choudhury Mohan Jatua	All India Trinamool Congress
2006		Dr. Tapati Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011		Joydeb Halder	All India Trinamool Congress
2016		Joydeb Halder	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Joydeb Halder	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

Legislative Assembly Election 2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	95,834	48.04	−4.68
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Jatua	72,342	36.26	+31.43
	ISF	Sanchay Kumar Sarkar	25,397	12.73
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,822	0.91	+0.09
	SUCI(C)	Sisir Kumar Mondal	1,117	0.56	−0.47
	BSP	Soumen Sarkar	860	0.43	−0.02
	Independent	Subesh Kumar Halder	808	0.41
	BMP	Partha Halder	441	0.22
	Independent	Pabitra Halder	319	0.16
	Independent	Sanjay Halder	312	0.16
	RPI(A)	Mongal Naskar	238	0.12
Majority			23,492	11.78	−1.86
Turnout			199,490	91.00	+4.38
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Mandirbazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	94,339	52.72	−0.93
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sarat Halder	69,400	38.78	−2.90
	BJP	Chhandita Mazumder	8,653	4.83
	SUCI(C)	Sisir Kumar Mondal	1,848	1.03
	BSP	Tapas Kumar Halder	810	0.45
	PDS	Bappa Das	951	0.53
	LJP	Ganesh Halder	788	0.44
	Independent	Sudip Halder	692	0.39
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,460	0.82
Majority			24,939	13.94
Turnout			178,941	86.62
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Mandirbazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	83,524	53.65	+6.75
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sarat Halder	64,883	41.68	−8.23
	BJP	Goutam Naskar	3,209
	BSP	Soumen Sardar	1,670
	PDS	Bappa Das	1,263
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Pranab Kumar Paik	1,136
Turnout			155,685	85.96
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	14.99

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, Dr. Tapati Saha of CPI(M) won the Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating Choudhury Mohan Jatua of AITC. Choudhury Mohan Jatua of AITC won in 2001 defeating Nikunja Paik of CPI(M). In 1996, Nikunja Paik of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Sardar of INC. Subhas Roy of CPI(M) won in 1991, 1987 and 1982 defeating Sanat Paik of INC in 1991, Durga Charan Mondal of INC in 1987 and Birendranath Halder of INC in 1982. Renupada Halder of SUCI(C) defeated Subhas Roy of CPI(M) in 1977. The seat did not exist prior to that.