Nandakumar Assembly constituency

Nandakumar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Nandakumar
Constituency No. 207 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Nandakumar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyTamluk
Established2011
Total electors192,113
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sukumar De
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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]

Election results

2016

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.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandakumar constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCSukumar De 98,549 48.11 -2.83
IndependentSiraj Khan87,68342.80
BJPNilanjan Adhikary10,6685.21+2.28
NOTANone of the above2,0991.02
IndependentMarphat Ali Khan1,8720.91
SPPrakash Chandra Bera1,6980.83-43.37
WPIMirja Rabiul Islam7980.39
LJPMd. Sahalam Molla7930.39
SUCI(C)Saumitra Pattanayak6960.34
Turnout204,85689.61-2.07
AITC holdSwing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nandakumar[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCSukumar De89,71750.94+2.76#
SPBrahmamoy Nanda77,85044.20-5.96#
BJPNilanjan Adhikari5,1522.93
IndependentMaphijul Islam Sekh1,807
People’s Democratic Conference of IndiaAbdur Razak Sk.160
Turnout176,13191.68
AITC gain from SPSwing7.72#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together and vote percentage of WBSP, in the now-defunct Narghat constituency in 2006.

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