| Debra | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 229 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Debra Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 184,213 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Debra Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Medinipur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 229 Debra Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Debracommunity development block.[1]
Debra Assembly constituency is part of No. 32Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofPanskura (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Humayun Kabir | 95,850 | 47.00 | ||
| BJP | Bharati Ghosh | 84,624 | 41.00 | ||
| CPI(M) | Prankrishna Mondal | 20,723 | 10.00 | ||
| SUCI | Dipankar Maity | 1,509 | 1.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,353 | 1.00 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Majority | 11,226 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Radhakanta Maiti | 86,215 | 50.57 | +6.52# | |
| CPI(M) | Sk. Sorab Hossein | 77,402 | 45.40 | −10.56 | |
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Roy | 3,893 | |||
| IPFB | Tanbir Murshed Khan | 2,969 | |||
| Turnout | 170,479 | 92.54 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 17.08# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Sheikh Jahangir Karim ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the Debra assembly seat, five times in a row from 1987 to 2006, defeating Mrigendra Nath Maiti ofTrinamool Congress in2006, Radha Kanta Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001 Rabindra Nath Bera ofIndian National Congress in 1996, and Sk. Mohammed Daud of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Syed Moazzam Hossain of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress in 1982 and Sukumar Das of Congress in 1977.[4]
Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bijoy Krishna Samanata won in 1969. K.Chakraborty ofBangla Congress won in 1967. Santosh Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in1962. Mohini Mohan Pati of Congress won in1957.[5]
