| Nandigram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 210 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Nandigram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tamluk |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 196,158 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Nandigram Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPurba Medinipur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 210 Nandigram Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Nandigram I andNandigram IIcommunity development blocks.[1]
Nandigram Assembly constituency is part of No. 30Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Nandigram North | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress[2] |
| Nandigram South | Prabir Chandra Jana | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | Nandigram North | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress[3] |
| Nandigram South | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India[3] | |
| 1962 | Nandigram North | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress[4] |
| Nandigram South | Prabir Chandra Jana | Indian National Congress[4] |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suvendu Adhikari | ||||
| AITC | Abhishek Banerjee | ||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | Mahindra singh Dhoni | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
In the 2021 elections,Suvendu Adhikari ofBJP defeated his nearest rival and incumbent chief ministerMamata Banerjee ofTMC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suvendu Adhikari | 110,764 | 48.49 |  43.09 | |
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 108,808 | 47.64 |  19.56 | |
| CPI(M) | Minakshi Mukherjee | 6,267 | 2.74 | 23.96 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,090 | 0.48 | 0.15 | |
| Majority | 1,956 | 0.85 | |||
| Turnout | 228,467 | 88.55 | 1.58 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections,Suvendu Adhikari ofTrinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Kabir Sekh ofCPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Suvendu Adhikari | 134,623 | 67.20 | ||
| CPI | Abdul Kabir Sekh | 53,393 | 26.70 | ||
| BJP | Bijon Kumar Das | 10,713 | 5.40 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Bappaditya Nayak | 828 | 0.40 | ||
| BNP | Ram Mohan Maity | 717 | 0.40 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1278 | 0.63 | N/A | |
| Majority | 81,230 | 40.60 | |||
| Turnout | 2,01,659 | 86.97 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections,Firoja Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Paramananda Bharati of CPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Firoja Bibi | 103,300 | 61.21 | +2.93 | |
| CPI | Paramananda Bharati | 59,660 | 35.35 | −4.00 | |
| BJP | Bijan Kumar Das | 5,813 | 1.72 | ||
| PDCI | Mehedi Masud Sekh | 2,898 | 1.69 | ||
| Majority | 43,640 | 25.42 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,671 | 87.93 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
The bypoll to the Nandigram Occurred On 5 January 2009 Due To Resignation of the sitting MLA of CPI Md. Iliyas Sk.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Firoja Bibi | 93,022 | 58.28 | +12.41 | |
| CPI | Paramananda Bharati | 53,473 | 39.35 | −13.36 | |
| BJP | Bijan Kumar Das | 9,813 | 1.72 | ||
| Majority | 39,549 | 23.43 | |||
| Turnout | 1,53,407 | 84.75 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI | Swing | 25.77 | |||
. Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.
In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLASheikh Mohammad Illias on corruption charges, held in January 2009 in the background ofNandigram violence, Firoja Bibi ofTrinamool Congress defeated Paramananda Bharati ofCPI.[30][15]
In the2006 and 2001 state assembly elections,Sheikh Mohammad Illias of CPI won the 206 Nandigram assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Sk. Supian of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Sunil Baran Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Debisankar Panda ofCongress defeated Sakti Bal of CPI in 1996. Sakti Bal of CPI defeated Debi Sankar Panda of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI defeated Ramesh Chandra Gharai of Congress in 1982. Prabir Jana ofJanata Party defeatedBhupal Chandra Panda of CPI in 1977.[31]
Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Nandigram had two seats, Nandigram North and Nandigram South.[32]
Subodh Chandra Maity of Congress won in1962,1957 and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[32]
Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won in 1962.Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won the Nandigram South seat.[32]
