Indas Assembly constituency

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Indas
Assembly constituency
Indas is located in West Bengal
Indas
Indas
Location in West Bengal
Indas is located in India
Indas
Indas
Indas (India)
Coordinates: 23°09′00″N 87°37′00″E / 23.15000°N 87.61667°E / 23.15000; 87.61667Coordinates: 23°09′00″N 87°37′00″E / 23.15000°N 87.61667°E / 23.15000; 87.61667
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
Constituency No.257
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency37. Bishnupur
Electorate (year)188,607 (2011)

Indas Assembly constituency (spelled by the Election Commission as Indus) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 257 Indas Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Indas community development block; Balsi I, Balsi II, Biur Betur, Jamkuri and Kushdwip gram panchayats of Patrasayer community development block; and Laugram, Madanmohanpur gram panchayats of Kotulpur community development block.[1]

Indas Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Members[2] Party
2011 Gurupada Mete All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Gurupada Mete All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Nirmal Kumar Dhara Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

2011[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Indas [3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gurupada Mete 85,589 49.05 +11.20#
CPI (M) Santanu Kumar Bora 81,584 46.76 -17.29
BJP Srikanta Bagdi 7,319 4.19
Turnout 174,492 92.52
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 28.49

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Mahadeb Patra of CPI(M) won the Indas assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Basudeb Digar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nanda Dulal Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Purnima Lohar of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Naba Kumar Rajak of Congress in 1996 and Sanatan Santra of Congress in 1991. Badan Bora of CPI(M) defeated Piru Chandra Pandit of Congress in 1987, Gour Chandra Lohar of Congress in 1982 and Nabadurga of Janata Party in 1977.[6]

1967-1972[edit]

Sanatan Santra of Congress won in 1972. Badan Bora of CPI(M) won in 1971. Abani Kumar Saha of Bangla Congress won in 1969. P.C.Mal of Bangla Congress in 1967. Prior to that the Indas seat did not exist, but there was a seat at Patrasayer.[7]

Patrasayer 1957-1962[edit]

Guru Pada Khan of Congress won in 1962. Gurupada Khan and Bhabataran Chakravarty, both of Congress, won the Patrasayer dual seat in 1957.[7]

References[edit]

  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 3 April 2011.
  2. "Indas Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Indas Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Indas". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Indas. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Indas. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. "255 - Indas (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.