| Jhargram | |
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| Constituency No. 222 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Jhargram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Jhargram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 184,109 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Jhargram Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inJhargram district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 222 Jhargram Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Jhargram municipality, Bandhgora, Manikpara, Radhanagar and Sapdharagram panchayats ofJhargramcommunity development block andBinpur I community development block.[1]
Jhargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 33Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Birbaha Hansda | 109,493 | 54.00 | −1.00 | |
| BJP | Sukhamoy Satpathy | 71,253 | 35.00 | +23.90 | |
| CPI(M) | Madhuja Sen Roy | 10,430 | 5.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,636 | 2.00 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukumar Hansda | 99,233 | 55.00 | +10.33 | |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Chunibala Hansdah | 44,005 | 24.00 | new | |
| BJP | Ajay Kumar Sen | 18,843 | 11.11 | +7.00 | |
| INC | Subrata Bhattacharya | 7,017 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Mahadeb Pratihar | 2,343 | |||
| AJSU | Gunadhar Mahato | 1,599 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukumar Hansda | 69,464 | 44.67 | +4.32# | |
| CPI(M) | Amar Basu | 54,191 | 34.85 | −19.97 | |
| Independent | Chhatradhar Mahata | 20,037 | 12.88 | ||
| BJP | Bijay Mahato | 6,376 | 4.10 | ||
| JMM | Sunil Kisku | 5,573 | 3.66 | ||
| Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Bholanath Mahata | 5,452 | 3.51 | ||
| Turnout | 155,520 | 84.47 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 24.29# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,Amar Basu ofCPI(M) won the Jhargram assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shivendra Bijoy Malladeb ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mina Sanatani of CPI(M) defeated Makhan Lal Bangal ofTrinamool Congress in 2001. Buddhadeb Bhakat of CPI(M) defeated Chaitanya Murmu of Congress in 1996 and Nikhil Maiti of Congress in 1991. Abani Bhusan Satpathi of CPI(M) defeated Bhabesh Mahata of Congress in 1987 and Birendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress in 1982. Ram Chandra Satpathy of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress in 1977.[5]
Birendra Bijoy Malladeb of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Panchkari De ofBangla Congress won in 1969. P.C.Ghosh, Independent, won in 1967. Mahendra Nath Mahata of Congress won in1962 and1957.[6]
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