| Manikchak | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 49 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Manikchak Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Dakshin |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 253,353 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Manikchak Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMalda district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 49 Manikchak Assembly constituency coversManikchakcommunity development block, and Milki, Fulbaria and Sovanagargram panchayats ofEnglish Bazar community development block.[1]
Manikchak Assembly constituency is part of No. 8Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofMalda (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Pashupati Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | No seat | ||
| 1962 | Sowrindra Mohan Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | R.S. Singhi | Swatantra Party | |
| 1969 | Arun Chandra Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Jokhilal Mandal | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Subodh Choudhary | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Jokhilal Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Subodh Choudhary | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1996 | Ram Probesh Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Asima Chowdhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Sabitri Mitra | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Md. Mottakin Alam | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | Sabitri Mitra | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sabitri Mitra | 110,234 | 53.00 | ||
| BJP | Gour Chand Mandal | 76,356 | 37.00 | ||
| INC | Md. Mottakin Alam | 11,555 | 6.00 | ||
| Independent | Anil Ch. Mandal | 2,743 | 1.00 | ||
| BSP | Chanchala Karmakar | 1,740 | 1.00 | ||
| BMP | Amal Kumar Rabidas | 1,519 | 1.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,367 | 1.00 | ||
| Rest of the candidates | ~1,500 | 1.00 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Md. Mottakin Alam | 78472 | |||
| AITC | Sabitri Mitra | 65869 | −2.54 | ||
| BJP | |||||
| IPFB | |||||
| BSP | |||||
| Turnout | 80.14 | ||||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections,Sabitri Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Ratna Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sabitri Mitra | 64,641 | 46.20 | +4.23# | |
| CPI(M) | Ratna Bhattacharya | 58,424 | 41.75 | −2.54 | |
| BJP | Dipankar Panday | 8,003 | 5.72 | ||
| IPFB | Lutpha Khatub | 5,194 | 3.71 | ||
| BSP | Chanchala Karmakar | 3,668 | |||
| Turnout | 139,930 | 80.14 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +6.77# | |||
Ramprabesh Mandal, who had filed his nomination as an Independent candidate was a rebel Congress candidate. He withdrew on the last day for withdrawal of nominations.[5]
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006[6] and 2001[7] state assembly elections, Asima Chowdhuri ofCPI(M) won the Manikchak assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ram Probesh Mondal ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ram Probesh Mondal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) in 1996.[8] Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) defeated Ram Probesh Mondal of Congress in 1991[9] Jokhilal Mandal of Congress in 1987.[10] Jokhilal Mandal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) in 1982.[11] Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) defeated Jokhilal Mandal of Congress in 1977.[12][13]
Jokhilal Mandal of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Arun Chandra Jha of Congress won in 1969.[16] R.S.Singhi ofSwatantra Party won in 1967.[17] Sowrindra Mohan Misra of Congress won in1962.[18] The Manikchak seat was not there in1957.[19] Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Pashupati Jha of Congress won from the Manikchak seat.[20]
