Nandakumar | |
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Assembly constituency | |
Nandakumar is located in West Bengal  Nandakumar Location in West Bengal  Nandakumar Nandakumar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°13′29″N 87°55′17″E / 22.22472°N 87.92139°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Constituency No. | 207 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tamluk |
| Electorate (year) | 192,113 (2011) |
Nandakumar Assembly constituency (Bengali: নন্দকুমার বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Narghat Assembly constituency ceased to exist and Nandakumar Assembly constituency came into existence in 2011.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 207 Nandakumar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nandakumar community development block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block.[1]
Nandakumar Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results[edit | edit source]
2016[edit | edit source]
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Sukumar De of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Siraj Khan, who was an Independent candidate supported by the LF - INC Alliance.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukumar De | 98,549 | 48.11 | −2.83 | |
| Independent | Siraj Khan | 87,683 | 42.80 | ||
| BJP | Nilanjan Adhikary | 10,668 | 5.21 | +2.28 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,099 | 1.02 | ||
| Independent | Marphat Ali Khan | 1,872 | 0.91 | ||
| SP | Prakash Chandra Bera | 1,698 | 0.83 | −43.37 | |
| WPI | Mirja Rabiul Islam | 798 | 0.39 | ||
| LJP | Md. Sahalam Molla | 793 | 0.39 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Saumitra Pattanayak | 696 | 0.34 | ||
| Turnout | 204,856 | 89.61 | −2.07 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukumar De | 89,717 | 50.94 | +2.76# | |
| SP | Brahmamoy Nanda | 77,850 | 44.20 | −5.96# | |
| BJP | Nilanjan Adhikari | 5,152 | 2.93 | ||
| Independent | Maphijul Islam Sekh | 1,807 | |||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Abdur Razak Sk. | 160 | |||
| Turnout | 176,131 | 91.68 | |||
| AITC gain from SP | Swing | 7.72# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together and vote percentage of WBSP, in the now-defunct Narghat constituency in 2006.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ "Nandakumar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nandakumar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nandakumar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.