Sainthia is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
| Sainthia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 289 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sainthia Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| LS constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 190,037 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 289, Sainthia Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sainthia municipality, Banagram, Deriapur, Fulur, Horisara, Hatora and Mathpalsa gram panchayats of Sainthia CD Block, Angar Garia, Bhutura, Charicha, Mohammad Bazar, Deucha and Puranagram gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block, and Suri II CD Block.[1]
Sainthia Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
edit2021
editIn the 2021 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Piya Saha of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nilabati Saha | 110,572 | 49.84 | −2.33 | |
| BJP | Piya Saha | 95,329 | 42.97 | +30.84 | |
| CPI(M) | Mausumi Konai | 10,369 | 4.67 | −28.01 | |
| BSP | Tarapada Badyakar | 2,098 | 0.95 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Naba Kumar Das | 1,756 | 0.79 | +0.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,742 | 0.79 | −0.52 | |
| Turnout | 221,866 | 90.02 | +3.11 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
editIn the 2016 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI (M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nilabati Saha | 103,376 | 52.17 | +7.88 | |
| CPI(M) | Dhiren Bagdi | 64,765 | 32.68 | −14.23 | |
| BJP | Piya Saha | 24,029 | 12.13 | +6.81 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,599 | 1.31 | ||
| Independent | Paban Kumar Bagdi | 1,860 | 0.94 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Naba Kumar Das | 1,534 | 0.77 | ||
| Turnout | 198,163 | 86.91 | −0.05 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
editIn the 2011 elections, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dhiren Bagdi | 77,512 | 46.91 | −6.83# | |
| AITC | Parikhit Bala | 73,194 | 44.29 | +1.13# | |
| BJP | Shibnath Saha | 8,786 | 5.32 | ||
| Independent | Madan Chandra Dhuli | 5,761 | 3.49 | ||
| Turnout | 165,253 | 86.96 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -7.46# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage that year, for the now-defunct Mahammad Bazar constituency in 2006.
References
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Sainthia". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sainthia. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sainthia. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.