| Kakdwip | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 131 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kakdwip Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mathurapur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 247,649 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kakdwip Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianState ofWest Bengal.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Kakdwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Maya Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Hansadhwaj Dhara | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Basudeb Sautya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Ashok Giri | ||
| 2001 | Manturam Pakhira | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Ashok Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | Manturam Pakhira | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manturam Pakhira | 114,493 | 52.00 | ||
| BJP | Dipankar Jana | 89,191 | 41.00 | ||
| INC | Indranil Rout | 12,234 | 6.00 | ||
| BSP | Parbati Bhunia | 1,630 | 1.00 | ||
| SUCI | Jhantu Maity | 1,026 | 0.60 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,023 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 25,302 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manturam Pakhira | 84,483 | 51.46 | +2.40 | |
| CPI(M) | Milan Bhattacharya | 73,980 | 45.07 | −4.57 | |
| BJP | Nirmal Kumar Das | 3,329 | 2.03 | ||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Kazi Nasiruddin Baidya | 1,225 | |||
| Independent | Himanshu Sekhar Patra | 1,142 | |||
| Turnout | 164,159 | 91.25 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 6.77 | |||
In 2006,[4] Ashok Giri ofCPI(M) won the Kakdwip Assembly constituency defeating Manturam Pakhira ofAITC. Manturam Pakhira ofAITC won in 2001[5] defeating Ashok Giri ofCPI(M). In 1996,[6] Ashok Giri ofCPI(M) defeated Manturam Pakhira ofINC. Hrishikesh Maity ofCPI(M) won in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating Gourishankar Bhattacharya ofINC in 1991[7] and 1987,[8] and Basudev Sautya ofINC in 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]
Basudeb Sautya ofINC won in 1972.[12] Hrishikesh Maity ofCPI(M) won in 1971.[13] Hansadhwaj Dhara ofINC won in 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Maya Banejee ofINC won in 1962[16] and 1957.[17] The seat did not exist prior to that.
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