| Kashipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 244 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kashipur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 188,082 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kashipur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPurulia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 244 Kashipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Kashipurcommunity development block;Hura, Jabarrah, Kalabani, Keshargarh, Ladhurka, Lakhanpur and Rakhera Bishpurigram panchayats ofHura community development block.[1]
Kashipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 35Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofBankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Budhan Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| Ledo Majhi | Lok Sewak Sangh | ||
| 1962 | Budhan Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | S. N. Singh Deo | ||
| 1969 | Prabir Kumar Mallick | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | Madan Mohan Mahato | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Surendra Nath Majhi | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Rabindranath Hembram | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Swapan Kumar Beltharia | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Kamalakanta Hansda | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kamalakanta Hansda | 92,938 | 47.69 | +41.3 | |
| AITC | Swapan Kumar Beltharia | 85,551 | 43.90 | −2.21 | |
| CPI(M) | Mallika Mahata | 10,927 | 5.61 | −83.91 | |
| SUCI(C) | Dipak Mahato | 2,269 | 1.16 | ||
| AMB | Narendra Nath Mahata | 806 | 0.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,401 | 1.23 | ||
| Turnout | 194,892 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Kumar Beltharia | 87,483 | 48.71 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudin Kisku | 67,905 | 37.81 | ||
| BJP | Kamalakanta Hansda | 11,485 | 6.39 | ||
| JMM | Dipendu Mahato (Dipu) | 3,069 | 1.71 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Dipak Mahato | 2,948 | 1.64 | ||
| JDP | Baidyanath Hansda | 2,249 | 1.45 | ||
| BSP | Rajesh Bauri | 1,729 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,727 | 1.52 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 179,595 | 82.78 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Kumar Beltharia | 69,492 | 44.73 | +9.03# | |
| CPI(M) | Subhas Chandra Mahata | 65,771 | 42.33 | −13.75 | |
| JMM | Satrughna Murmu | 4,240 | 2.73 | ||
| BJP | Prasanta Singha Deo | 3,933 | 2.53 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Mahato | 3,671 | |||
| JDP | Manilal Hembram | 2,653 | |||
| PDS | Sanjit Chakraborty | 1,994 | |||
| BSP | Chitta Ranjan Mahato | 1,965 | |||
| AJSU | Subhas Chandra Mahato | 991 | |||
| JVM(P) | Ramprasad Majhi | 666 | |||
| Turnout | 155,376 | 82.61 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 22.78# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Hembram ofCPI(M) won the Kashipur seat defeating Anath Bandhu Patar ofTrinamool Congress, Buddheswar Saren of Trinamool Congress, and Subhas Chandra Patar ofCongress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Surendranath Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nandalal Saren ofCongress in 1991, Anil Baran Murmu of Congress in 1987, Subhas Chandra Patar of Congress in 1982 and Rampada Majhi ofJanata Party in 1977.[10]
Madan Mohan Mahato of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prabir Kumar Mallick ofCPI won in 1969. N.S.Deo of Congress won in 1967. Budhan Majhi of Congress won in1962. Ledu Majhi, Independent, and Budhan Majhi, Congress, won the Kashipur joint seat in1957.
