Baghmundi Assembly constituency

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Baghmundi
Constituency No. 240 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
Lok Sabha constituencyPurulia
Established2011
Total electors191,991
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhalda municipality; Jhalda I and Baghmundi community development blocks; Hetgugui and Sirkabad gram panchayats of Arsha community development block.[1]

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
2011 Nepal Mahata Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Sushanta Mahato Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baghmundi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sushanta Mahato
BJP Rahidas Mahato
AIFB Parimal Kumar
INC Nepal Mahato
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Manoj Kumar Mahato
None of the above (India) None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Baghmundi[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Susanta Mahato 75,905 36.79 −5.24
AJSU Asutosh Mahato 61,936 30.02 +29.03
INC Nepal Mahato 51,046 24.74 −42.49
AIFB Debranjan Mahato 11,842 5.74
AMB Pashupati Mahato 2,000 0.97
SUCI(C) Mrityunjoy Singh Babu 1,188 0.58
NOTA None of the above 2,386 1.16
Majority 13,969 6.77 +2.2
Turnout 206,303
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baghmundi[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nepal Mahato 88,707 47.16
AITC Samir Mahato 80,120 42.59
BJP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato 11,219 5.96
AMB Pasupati Mahato 2,047 1.09
AJSU Subal Prasad 1,863 0.99
Independent Rabindra Nath Sin Mura 1,102 0.59
SUCI(C) Mrityunjoy Singh Babu 1,016 0.54
NOTA None of the above 2,029 1.08
Majority 8,587 4.57
Turnout 188,103 84.18
INC hold Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baghmundi[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nepal Mahata 77,458 49.48 −2.00
AIFB Mangal Mahato 59,814 38.21 +2.33
AJSU Rakesh Mahato 10,797 6.90
Turnout 156,549 81.54
INC hold Swing -4.33#

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct Jhalda constituency.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Baghmundi Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Baghmundi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Baghmundi". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Baghmundi". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Baghmundi". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baghmundi. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Baghmundi. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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