| Sabang | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 226 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sabang Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 206,413 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sabang Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Medinipur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 226 Sabang Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Sabangcommunity development block andJalchak I, Jalchak II andMaligramgram panchayats ofPingla community development block.[1]
Sabang Assembly constituency is part of No. 32Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofPanskura (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Sabang | Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | ||||
| 1962 | Aditya Kumar Bakura | |||
| 1977 | Gouranga Samanta | Biplobi Bangla Congress[3][4] | ||
| 1982 | Manas Ranjan Bhunia | Indian National Congress[5] | ||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1996 | Makhan Lal Bangal | Independent[6] | ||
| 2001 | Tushar Kanti Laya | Biplobi Bangla Congress[7] | ||
| 2006 | Manas Ranjan Bhunia | Indian National Congress[8] | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| Bye-election 2017 | Sabang | Geeta Rani Bhunia | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Manas Ranjan Bhunia | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manas Ranjan Bhunia | 112,098 | 47.46 | −3.75 | |
| BJP | Amulya Maity | 102,234 | 43.28 | +25.20 | |
| INC | Chiranjib Bhowmik | 17,443 | 7.38 | −1.33 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,534 | 0.65 | −0.09 | |
| SUCI(C) | Harekrishna Maiti | 1,482 | 0.63 | −0.37 | |
| AMB | Debashis Barman | 1,410 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 9,864 | 4.18 | −26.78 | ||
| Turnout | 236,201 | 89.21 | −4.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 264,783 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Geeta Rani Bhunia | 106,185 | 51.21 | +14.61 | |
| BBC | Rita Mandal (Jana) | 41,989 | 20.25 | N/A | |
| BJP | Antara Bhattacharya | 37,483 | 18.08 | +15.48 | |
| INC | Ranjib Bhowmik | 18,063 | 8.71 | −50.99 | |
| SUCI(C) | Dinesh Maikap | 2,079 | 1.00 | −0.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,535 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 64,196 | 30.96 | |||
| Turnout | 2,07,334 | 84.44 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,45,546 | ||||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | +32.80 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manas Bhunia | 127,987 | 59.70 | +8.45 | |
| AITC | Nirmal Ghosh | 77,820 | 36.60 | ||
| BJP | Kashinath Basu | 5,610 | 2.60 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Dinesh Maikap | 2,486 | 1.20 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,489 | |||
| Majority | 49,167 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,12,903 | 89.1 | |||
| INChold | Swing | +8.45 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2011 election, Manas Ranjan Bhunia of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ram Pada Sahoo of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manas Ranjan Bhunia | 98,755 | 51.25 | −1.95# | |
| BBC | Rama Pada Sahoo | 85,571 | 44.41 | −0.57 | |
| BJP | Sabyasachi Sau | 2,507 | 1.3 | ||
| SUCI | Narayan Chandra Adhikari | 2,437 | 1.26 | ||
| BSP | Narayan Chandra Samat | 2,171 | 1.13 | ||
| Independent | Ram Krishna Sarkar | 1,235 | 0.64 | ||
| Turnout | 192,676 | 93.94 | |||
| INChold | Swing | -1.38 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections, Manas Ranjan Bhunia ofCongress won the Sabang assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Laya ofCPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Tushar Kanti Laya of CPI(M) defeated Manas Ranjan Bhunia of Congress in 2001 by 397 votes. A re-election was ordered by theCalcutta High Court, and Manas Ranjan Bunia won it. Makhan Lal Bangal, Independent, defeated Manas Bhunia of Congress in 1996. Manas Bhunia of Congress defeated Gouranga Samanta of CPI(M) in 1991, Hare Krishna Samanta of CPI(M) in 1987 and Hemanta Kumar Jana, Independent, in 1982. Gouranga Samanta ofBiplobi Bangla Congress defeated Surya Kanta Mahapatra ofJanata Party in 1977.[14]
While Sabang constituency existed from 1951 to 1962, it did not exist from 1967 to 1972. Aditya Kumar Bakura of Congress won in1962. Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary of Congress won in1957 and1952.[15]
