Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Sabang
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Sabang is located in West Bengal
Sabang
Sabang
Location in West Bengal
Sabang is located in India
Sabang
Sabang
Sabang (India)
Coordinates: 22°11′04″N 87°36′56″E / 22.18444°N 87.61556°E / 22.18444; 87.61556Coordinates: 22°11′04″N 87°36′56″E / 22.18444°N 87.61556°E / 22.18444; 87.61556
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Constituency No.226
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency32. Ghatal
Electorate206,413 (2011)

Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 226 Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Sabang community development block and Jalchak I, Jalchak II and Maligram gram panchayats of Pingla community development block.[1]

Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Sabang Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary Indian National Congress[2]
1957
1962 Aditya Kumar Bakura
1977 Gouranga Samanta Biplobi Bangla Congress[3][4]
1982 Manas Ranjan Bhunia Indian National Congress[5]
1987
1991
1996 Makhan Lal Bangal Independent[6]
2001 Tushar Kanti Laya Biplobi Bangla Congress[7]
2006 Manas Ranjan Bhunia Indian National Congress[8]
2011
2016
Bye-election 2017 Sabang Geeta Rani Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Manas Ranjan Bhunia

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Sabang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manas Ranjan Bhunia 112,098 47.46 -3.75
BJP Amulya Maity 102,234 43.28 +25.20
INC Chiranjib Bhowmik 17,443 7.38 -1.33
NOTA None of the Above 1,534 0.65 -0.09
SUCI(C) Harekrishna Maiti 1,482 0.63 -0.37
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Debashis Barman 1,410 0.60
Majority 9,864 4.18 -26.78
Turnout 236,201 89.21 -4.77
Registered electors 264,783
AITC hold Swing

2017[edit]

By Election, 2017: Sabang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Geeta Rani Bhunia 106,185 51.21 +14.61
style="background-color: Template:Biplobi Bangla Congress/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Biplobi Bangla Congress|Template:Biplobi Bangla Congress/meta/shortname]] Rita Mandal (Jana) 41,989 20.25 N/A
BJP Antara Bhattacharya 37,483 18.08 +15.48
INC Ranjib Bhowmik 18,063 8.71 -50.99
SUCI(C) Dinesh Maikap 2,079 1.00 -0.20
NOTA None of the Above 1,535 0.74
Majority 64,196 30.96
Turnout 2,07,334 84.44
Registered electors 2,45,546
AITC gain from INC Swing +32.80

2016[edit]

In the 2016 election, Manas Ranjan Bhunia of Congress defeated his nearest rival Nirmal Ghosh of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sabang [9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manas Bhunia 127,987 59.70 +8.45
AITC Nirmal Ghosh 77,820 36.60
BJP Kashinath Basu 5,610 2.60
SUCI(C) Dinesh Maikap 2,486 1.20
NOTA None of the Above 1,489
Majority 49,167 23.1
Turnout 2,12,903 89.1
INC hold Swing +8.45

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

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Manas Ranjan Bhunia of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ram Pada Sahoo of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sabang [9][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manas Ranjan Bhunia 98,755 51.25 -1.95#
style="background-color: Template:Biplobi Bangla Congress/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Biplobi Bangla Congress|Template:Biplobi Bangla Congress/meta/shortname]] Rama Pada Sahoo 85,571 44.41 -0.57
BJP Sabyasachi Sau 2,507 1.3
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Unity Centre of India/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Unity Centre of India|Template:Socialist Unity Centre of India/meta/shortname]] Narayan Chandra Adhikari 2,437 1.26
BSP Narayan Chandra Samat 2,171 1.13
Independent Ram Krishna Sarkar 1,235 0.64
Turnout 192,676 93.94
INC hold Swing -1.38

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

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Manas Ranjan Bhunia of Congress won the Sabang assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Laya of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Tushar Kanti Laya of CPI(M) defeated Manas Ranjan Bhunia of Congress in 2001 by 397 votes. A re-election was ordered by the Calcutta High Court, and Manas Ranjan Bunia won it. Makhan Lal Bangal, Independent, defeated Manas Bhunia of Congress in 1996. Manas Bhunia of Congress defeated Gouranga Samanta of CPI(M) in 1991, Hare Krishna Samanta of CPI(M) in 1987 and Hemanta Kumar Jana, Independent, in 1982. Gouranga Samanta of Biplobi Bangla Congress defeated Surya Kanta Mahapatra of Janata Party in 1977.[14]

1951-1962[edit]

While Sabang constituency existed from 1951 to 1962, it did not exist from 1967 to 1972. Aditya Kumar Bakura of Congress won in 1962. Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary of Congress won in 1957 and 1952.[15]

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 13 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. List of Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly: Together with the List of ... Superintendent, Government Printing, West Bengal. 1978. p. 113.
  4. Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 419.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Sabang". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  10. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sabang. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  11. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sabang. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  12. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sabang. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  13. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sabang. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  14. "216 - Sabang Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  15. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.