| Patashpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 212 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Patashpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanthi |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,36,413 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Uttam Barik | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Patashpur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPurba Medinipur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 212 Patashpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Patashpur Icommunity development block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampurgram panchayats ofPatashpur II community development block.[1]
Patashpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofMidnapore (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | M.L.A. | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jyotirmoy Kar | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Uttam Barik | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Uttam Barik | 105,299 | 50.42 | −4.09 | |
| BJP | Ambujaksha Mahanti | 95,305 | 45.64 | +40.28 | |
| CPI | Saikat Giri | 6,631 | 3.18 | −35.60 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 861 | 0.41 | −0.18 | |
| SUCI(C) | Surjyendu Bikash Patra | 731 | 0.35 | −0.05 | |
| Turnout | 208,827 | 91.61 | +2.92 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotirmoy Kar | 103,567 | 54.51 | +4.58 | |
| CPI | Makhanlal Nayak | 73,679 | 38.78 | −7.22 | |
| BJP | Swapan Kumar Dutta | 10,193 | 5.36 | +2.93 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,112 | 0.59 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Surjyendu Bikash Patra | 765 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Guria | 684 | 0.36 | ||
| Turnout | 190,000 | 88.69 | −4.02 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotirmoy Kar | 84,452 | 49.93 | +0.32# | |
| CPI | Makhanlal Nayak | 77,802 | 46.00 | −4.39 | |
| BJP | Asish Das | 4,104 | 2.43 | ||
| Independent | Mohan Rana | 1,113 | |||
| Independent | Prafulla Kumar Kar | 981 | |||
| Independent | Shyamapada Bera | 701 | |||
| Turnout | 169,153 | 92.71 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI | Swing | 4.71# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Kamakhya Nandan Das Mohapatra ofCPI won the Patashpur assembly seat six times in a row, defeating Tapan Kanti Kar ofTrinamool Congress in2006, Mrinal Kanti Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Paresh Chandra Bhunia ofCongress in 1996, Sunil Pal of Congress in 1991,Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Congress in 1987 and Radha Nath Das Adhikary of Congress in 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Janmejoy Ojha ofJanata Party defeated Barendra Nath Patra of Congress in 1977.[5]
Prafulla Maity of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. K.D.Mahapatra (Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra) of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Radhanath Das Adhikari of Congress won in1962. Sisir Kumar Das ofPSP won in1957. Inindependent India's first election in 1951 Janardan Sahu ofBJS won the Pataspur assembly seat.[6]
