Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Minakhan
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Minakhan
Minakhan

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 22°31′00″N 88°42′38″E / 22.51667°N 88.71056°E / 22.51667; 88.71056Coordinates: 22°31′00″N 88°42′38″E / 22.51667°N 88.71056°E / 22.51667; 88.71056
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No 122
Type Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency Basirhat
Electorate (year) 164,494 (2011)

Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 122 Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Minakhan community development block, and Bakjuri, Kulti, Shalipur and Sonapukur Sankarpur gram panchayats of Haroa community development block.[1]

Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011MinakhanUsha Rani MondalAll India Trinamool Congress[2]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Minakhan (SC) constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Usha Rani Mondal 73,533 48.66
CPI(M) Dilip Roy 66,397 43.94
BJP Bhabesh Patra 8,323 5.51
Independent Ajit Pramanik 2,849
Turnout 151,102 91.86
Trinamool Congress win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 Increase23
Congress 1 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease16
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1
Communist Party of India 1 Increase1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Minakhan. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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