| Ranibandh | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 249 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Ranibandh Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bankura |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 200,735 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ranibandh is anassembly constituency inBankura district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled tribes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 249 Ranibandh Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following:Ranibandh,Hirbandh andKhatracommunity development blocks.[1]
Ranibandh Assembly constituency is part of No. 36Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Jaleswar Hansda | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | B. Hembran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Suchand Saren | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Amala Saren | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Suchand Soren | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Jaleswar Saren | Independent politician | |
| 1987 | Rampada Mandi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | Arati Hembram | ||
| 1996 | Deblina Hembram | ||
| 2001 | Makar Tudu | ||
| 2006 | Deblina Hembram | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Jyotsna Mandi | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotsna Mandi | 90,928 | 43.00 | ||
| BJP | Khudiram Tudu | 86,989 | 41.00 | ||
| CPI(M) | Deblina Hembram | 20,057 | 10.00 | ||
| Independent | Biswanath Sardar | 4,807 | 2.00 | ||
| NOTA (None of the above) + Rest of the candidates | ~8,400 | 4.00 | |||
| Majority | 3,939 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotsna Mandi | 92,181 | 47.48 |  7.26 | |
| CPI(M) | Deblina Hembram | 68,868 | 35.48 |  8.77 | |
| BJP | Khudiram Tudu | 18,720 | 9.64 | 5.86 | |
| Turnout | 194,129 | 83.90 | 0.87 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Deblina Hembram | 75,338 | 44.25 | −1.10 | |
| AITC | Falguni Hembram | 68,529 | 40.22 | ||
| JHAP | Aditya Kisku | 10,950 | 6.43 | ||
| BJP | Lakshmikanta Sardar | 6,447 | 3.78 | ||
| Independent | Biswanath Tudu | 5,407 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Sudhir Kumar Murmu | 2,580 | |||
| JVM(P) | Krishnapada Mandi | 107 | |||
| Turnout | 170,373 | 84.87 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections, Deblina Hembram ofCPI(M) won the Ranibandh assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Aditya Kisku of Jharkhand Party (Naren). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Makar Tudu of CPI(M) defeated Gopinath Saren ofJMM in 2001. Deblina Hembram of CPI(M) defeated Anil Hansda ofCongress in 1996. Arati Hembram of CPI(M) defeated Sudarsan Baskey of Congress in 1991. Rampada Mandi of CPI(M) defeated Chandra Mohan Murmu of Congress in 1987, Jaleswar Saren, Independent, in 1982. Suchand Soren of CPI(M) defeated Jadunath Murmu ofJanata Party in 1977.[7]
Amala Saren of Congress won in 1972. Suchand Saren of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. B. Hembran of Congress in 1967. Jaleswar Hansda ofCPI won in1962. Prior to that the Ranibandh seat did not exist.[8]
