| Manbazar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 243 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Manbazar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 200,549 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Manbazar is anassembly constituency inPurulia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled tribes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 243 Manbazar Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following:Manbazar I andPunchacommunity development blocks; Chatumadar, Daldali and Manguria Lalpurgram panchayats ofHura community development block.[1]
Manbazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 35Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Satya Kinkar Mahato | Independent politician | |
| Chaitan Majhi | |||
| 1962 | Girish Mahato | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| 1967 | Independent politician | ||
| 1969 | Lok Sewak Sangh | ||
| 1971 | Sitaram Mahato | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Nakul Chandra Mahata | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Kamala Kanta Mahato | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Shyamapyari Mahata | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Sandhyarani Tudu | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sandhyarani Tudu | 103,298 | 48.33 | +10.98 | |
| BJP | Gouri Singh Sardar | 87,782 | 41.07 | +888.31 | |
| CPI(M) | Yamini Kanta Mandi | 16,849 | 7.88 | −79.93 | |
| BSP | Purna Chandra Tudu | 1,905 | 0.89 | ||
| Independent | Swapan Kumar Murmu | 1,604 | 0.75 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,291 | 1.07 | ||
| Turnout | 213,729 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sandhyarani Tudu | 93,642 | 48.72 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ipil Murmu | 83,967 | 43.69 | ||
| BJP | Gouri Singh Sardar | 8,882 | 4.62 | ||
| AJSU | Bivisan Sing Sardar | 1,807 | 0.94 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Suniti Mudi | 1,356 | 0.71 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,532 | 1.32 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 192,186 | 84.05 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sandhyarani Tudu | 78,520 | 47.02 | +1.97# | |
| CPI(M) | Himani Hansda | 73,354 | 43.93 | −5.58# | |
| BJP | Gouri Sardar | 4,476 | 2.68 | ||
| JMM | Balahari Murmu | 3,175 | |||
| JDP | Abhiram Besra | 2,797 | |||
| Independent | Lakshi Kanta Soren | 2,114 | |||
| PDS | Kartik Singh Sardar | 1,339 | |||
| JVM(P) | Satyakinkar Murmu | 1,220 | |||
| Turnout | 166,995 | 83.27 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 7.55# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamya Pyari Mahato ofCPI(M) won the Manbazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo ofTrinamool Congress and Sitaram Mahato of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakanta Mahato of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato ofCongress in 1996, Nirmal Prasad Mahato of Congress in 1991, and Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Nakul Chandra Mahata of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1977.[9]
Sitaram Mahato of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Girish Mahato of Lok Sewak Sangh/ Independent won in 1969, 1967 and1962. In 1957 Manbazar was a joint seat with one seat reserved for ST. Chaitan Majhi and Satya Kinkar Mahato, both contesting as Independents, won in1957.
