| Maldaha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 50 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Maldaha Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Uttar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 245,962 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Maldaha Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMaldah district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 50 Maldaha Assembly constituency (SC) coversOld Malda Municipality,Old Malda,Narhatta gram panchayat ofEnglish Bazar community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats ofHabibpur community development block.[1]
Maldah Assembly constituency is part of No. 7Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofMalda (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Nikunja Behari Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Raipada Das | Independent politician | ||
| 1957 | Nikunja Behari Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Matia Murmu | |||
| 1962 | Dharanidhar Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | S. Mia | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Mahammad Gafurur Rahman | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1972^ | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1977 | Subhendu Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Phani Bhusan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Subhendu Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Phani Bhusan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Subhendu Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Bhupendra Nath Halder | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Gopal Chandra Saha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
In the 2021 election, Gopal Chandra Saha of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gopal Chandra Saha | 93,398 | 45.23 | +29.28 | |
| AITC | Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury | 77,942 | 37.75 | +7.65 | |
| INC | Bhupendra Nath Halder | 26,563 | 12.86 | −35.50 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,818 | 1.36 | +0.15 | |
| IND | Sujit Kumar Moulik | 2,128 | 1.03 | ||
| Majority | 15,456 | 7.58 | |||
| Turnout | 2,06,711 | 84.04 | |||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dulal Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bhupendra Nath Halder | 88,243 | 48.36 | +1.81 | |
| AITC | Dulal Sarkar (Babla) | 54,934 | 30.10 | ||
| BJP | Gopal Chandra Saha | 29,111 | 15.95 | +6.95 | |
| JDP | Swapan Sarkar | 2,703 | 1.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,204 | 1.21 | ||
| Majority | 33,309 | 18.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,82,564 | 86.41 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bhupendra Nath Halder | 68,155 | 46.55 | +3.43# | |
| CPI(M) | Rahul Ranjan Das | 57,400 | 39.21 | −1.94 | |
| BJP | Kusum Roy | 13,180 | 9.00 | ||
| IND | Niren Rajbanshi | 3,066 | 2.09 | ||
| IND | Debashis Sarkar | 2,352 | 1.60 | ||
| Majority | 10,755 | 7.35 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,469 | 86.39 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +5.37# | |||
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In2006[4] and 2001[5] state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury ofCPI(M) won the Maldaha (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bhupendra Nath Halder ofCongress and Phani Bhusan Roy ofTrinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1996.[6] Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991[7] and 1987.[8] Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1982.[9] Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1977.[10][11]
Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972,[12] 1971[13] and 1969.[14] S.Mia of Congress won in 1967.[15] Dharanidhar Sarkar ofCPI won in1962.[16] Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in1957.[17] Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won inindependent India's first election in 1951.[18]
