| Nayagram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 220 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Nayagram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Jhargram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 174,987 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Nayagram is anassembly constituency inJhargram district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled tribes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 220 Nayagram Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following:Nayagram andGopiballavpur Icommunity development blocks, and Chorchita, Kuliana and Notagram panchayats ofGopiballavpur II CD Block.[1]
Nayagram Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 33Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Debendranath Hansda | Independent politician | |
| 1967 | Jagarati Hansda | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Dasarathi Saren | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Budhadeb Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Ananta Saren | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Subhas Chandra Saren | ||
| 2001 | Bhutnath Saren | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Dulal Murmu | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dulal Murmu | 100,903 | 52.00 | −6.00 | |
| BJP | Bakul Murmu | 78,149 | 41.00 | +7.50 | |
| CPI(M) | Haripada Saren | 5,755 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Kalicharan Beshra | 685 | |||
| BSP | Shyam Mandi | 1,844 | |||
| Independent | Bidhan Chandra Sing | 896 | |||
| Independent | Shyamlal Hansda | 897 | |||
| None of the Above | None of the above | 3,077 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dulal Murmu | 98,395 | 58.00 | +7.60 | |
| BJP | Bakul Murmu | 55,140 | 33.50 | +28.00 | |
| INC | Manoj Kumar Tudu | 14,094 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Naran Hembram | 1,451 | |||
| None of the Above | None of the above | 3,456 | |||
| Independent | Ramesh Chandra Sing | 1,302 | |||
| Independent | Rupai Hembram | 1,173 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dulal Murmu | 75,656 | 50.34 | +30.72 | |
| CPI(M) | Bhutnath Soren | 59,382 | 39.51 | −21.32 | |
| BJP | Chitta Ranjan Hembram | 8,304 | |||
| Independent | Subodh Kumar Mandi | 4,054 | |||
| JDP | Madan Mohan Hansda | 2,894 | |||
| Turnout | 150,290 | 85.89 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 52.04 | |||
In2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhutnath Saren ofCPI(M) won the Nayagram assembly seat defeating Shunaram Mahali ofTrinamool Congress in 2006 and Mangal Hansda ofJMM in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Subhas Chandra Saren of CPI(M) defeated Madhu Sudan Saren ofCongress in 1996. Ananta Saren of CPI(M) defeated Bishnu Saren ofJharkhand Party in 1991, Dasarathi Saren of Congress in 1987, and Liba Chand Tudu, Independent, in 1982. Budhadeb Singh of CPI(M) defeated Subodh Handa ofJanata Party in 1977.[5]
Dasarathi Saren of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Jagarati Hansda ofBangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Debendranath Hansda won the Nayagram seat in1962.[6] Prior to that the Nayagram seat was not there.