| Kushmandi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 37 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kushmandi Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Dakshin Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Balurghat |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 219,921 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kushmandi is anassembly constituency inDakshin Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 37 Kushmandi Assembly constituency (SC) coversKushmandicommunity development block and Belbari II, Jahangirpur and Sukdebpurgram panchayats ofGangarampur community development block.[1]
Kushmandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Khalil Sayed | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Jatindra Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Dhirendra Nath Sarkar | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Narmada Chandra Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Rekha Roy | All India Trinamool Congress | |
In the 2021 election,Rekha Roy ofTrinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Roy ofBJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rekha Roy | 89,968 | 48.88 | +7.88 | |
| BJP | Ranjit Kumar Roy | 77,384 | 42.04 | +29.34 | |
| RSP | Narmada Chandra Roy | 12,576 | 6.83 | −36.37 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,598 | 0.87 | −1.54 | |
| BSP | Biswanath Sarkar | 1,436 | 0.78 | −0.52 | |
| Independent | Bhimnal Sarkar | 1,118 | 0.61 | ||
| Turnout | 184,075 | ||||
| AITCgain fromRSP | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP defeated Rekha Roy of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Narmada Chandra Roy | 68,965 | 43.20 | −4.22 | |
| AITC | Rekha Roy | 65,436 | 41.00 | −3.82 | |
| BJP | Ranjit Kumar Roy | 20,183 | 12.70 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,941 | 2.41 | ||
| BSP | Jaydeb Mondal | 2,009 | 1.30 | ||
| Independent | Anil Kumar Singha | 1,495 | 0.90 | ||
| Independent | Jagannath Roy | 1,468 | 0.90 | ||
| Turnout | 159,556 | 85.80 | −4.88 | ||
| RSPhold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
In the 2011 election, Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP defeated Partha Sarathi Sarkar of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Narmada Chandra Roy | 66,368 | 47.42 | +0.46 | |
| INC | Parthasarathi Sarkar | 62,725 | 44.82 | −1.46# | |
| BJP | Ranjit Kumar Roy | 5,286 | 3.78 | ||
| Independent | Raghunath Sarkar | 2,306 | |||
| BSP | Prasanta Mandal | 1,295 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Subesh Sarkar | 1,057 | |||
| Independent | Gouranga Barman | 915 | |||
| Turnout | 139,952 | 89.88 | |||
| RSPhold | Swing | 2.02# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006,[5] 2001,[6] 1996,[7] 1991[8] and 1987[9] state assembly elections Narmada Chandra Roy ofRSP won the 37 Kushmandi (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Rajib Lochan Sarkar ofCongress, Jitendra Nath Sarkar ofTrinamool Congress, Krishna Chandra Sarkar of Congress, Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Congress and Dhirendra Nath Sarkar of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dhirendra Nath Sarkar of Congress defeated Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP in 1982[10] and Jogendra Nath Roy of RSP in 1977.[11][12]
Jatindra Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1972,[13] 1971,[14] 1969[15] and 1967.[16]Khalil Sayed ofCPI won in1962.[17] The seat did not exist prior to that.
