| Tamluk | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 203 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Tamluk Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tamluk |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 209,751 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Tamluk Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPurba Medinipur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 203 Tamluk Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamuigram panchayats ofTamlukcommunity development block, andSahid Matangini community development block.[1]
Tamluk Assembly constituency is part of No. 30Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Soumen Mahapatra | 108,243 | 45.86 | +0.86 | |
| BJP | Hare Krishna Bera | 107,450 | 45.52 | +38.82 | |
| CPI | Goutam Panda | 14,718 | 6.24 | −38.96 | |
| SUCI(C) | Jnanananda Roy | 2,756 | 1.17 | −0.83 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,136 | 0.48 | −0.64 | |
| Independent | Bhim Patra | 774 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Sandip Batabyal | 762 | 0.32 | ||
| AMB | Sulalit Mallick | 192 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 793 | 0.34 | +0.14 | ||
| Turnout | 236,031 | 92.33 | +4.50 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ashok Dinda | 95,432 | 45.20 | +3.32 | |
| AITC | Nirbed Roy | 94,912 | 45.00 | −7.82 | |
| BJP | Biswajit Dutta | 14,144 | 6.70 | +3.83 | |
| SUCI(C) | Satish Saw | 4,244 | 2.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,394 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Dutta | 874 | 0.40 | ||
| Bharat Nirman Party | Ranjan Malakar | 758 | 0.40 | ||
| Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party | Tapas Chakraborty | 329 | 0.20 | ||
| Indian Unity Centre | Rejman Mullick | 323 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 520 | 0.20 | |||
| Turnout | 213,410 | 87.83 | −2.21 | ||
| CPIgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Soumen Mahapatra | 99,765 | 52.82 | +6.94# | |
| CPI | Jagannath Mitra | 79,089 | 41.88 | −40454 | |
| BJP | Malay Kumar Singha | 5,423 | 2.87 | ||
| Independent | Ram Chandra Maity | 1,610 | |||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Khairuddin Rahaman | 1,563 | |||
| Indian Unity Centre | Ataul Rahaman Bhunya | 1,414 | |||
| Turnout | 188,864 | 90.04 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI | Swing | 14.06# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections Jagannath Mitra ofCPI won the 203 Tamluk assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chittaranjan Maiti ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years involved multiple candidates but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Nirbed Roy of Trinamool Congress defeatedSantosh Rana of CPI in 2001. Anil Mudi ofCongress defeated Surajit Bagchi of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Surajit Bagchi of CPI defeated Anil Mudi of Congress in 1987. Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI defeated Sukumar Das representingICS in 1982 and representing Congress in 1977.[5]
Ajoy Mukherjee representingIndian National Congress won in 1972, representingBangla Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and earlier representing Congress won in1962,1957 and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[6]
