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| Monteswar | |
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| Constituency No. 263 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Monteswar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| LS constituency | Bardhaman–Durgapur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 191,654 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Monteswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 263 Monteswar assembly constituency covers Baghsan, Vagra Mulgram, Denur, Jamna, Kusumgram, Majhergram, Mamudpur I, Monteswar, Pipalan and Shushunia gram panchayats of Manteswar community development block and Barapalason I, Barapalason II, Bohar I, Bohar II, Bijur I, Bijur II and Satgachhia I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.[1]
Monteswar assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Monteswar | Annada Prasad Mandal | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 1957 | Bhakta Chandra Roy | Independent[3] | |
| 1962 | Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah | Communist Party of India[4] | |
| 1967 | N.C.Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1969 | Kashinath Hazra Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1971 | Kashinath Hazra Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1972 | Tuhin Kumar Samanta | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1977 | Hemanta Kumar Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1982 | Hemanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1987 | Hemanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1991 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 2001 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2006 | Chaudhuri Md. Hedayetullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16] | |
| 2011 | Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
| 2016 | Sajal Panja | All India Trinamool Congress[18] | |
| 2016 By election | Saikat Panja | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress[19] |
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | 105,460 | 50.44 | −27.73 | |
| BJP | Saikat Panja | 73,655 | 35.24 | +420.46 | |
| CPI(M) | Anupam Ghosh | 24,740 | 11.48 | +23.53 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Ansarul Aman Mondal (Babu) | 1,877 | 0.90 | ||
| PDS | Nasimul Gani Sayed | 1,693 | 0.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,611 | 0.77 | ||
| Turnout | 209,036 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saikat Panja | 147,316 | 77.59 | +33.48 | |
| CPI(M) | Md. Osman Gani Sarkar | 20,189 | 10.63 | −33.11 | |
| BJP | Biswajit Poddar | 16,073 | 8.47 | +0.37 | |
| INC | Bulbul Ahammed Sekh | 2,885 | 1.52 | N/A | |
| CPI(ML)L | Ansarul Aman Mondal | 1,463 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| PDS | Sheikh Ekramul Hossain | 778 | 0.41 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,168 | 0.62 | −0.66 | |
| Majority | 127,127 | 66.96 | +66.59 | ||
| Turnout | 189,872 | 86.90 | −0.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 218,480 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sajal Panja | 84,134 | 44.11 | ||
| CPI(M) | Chaudhuri Mohd. Hidayatullah | 83,428 | 43.74 | ||
| BJP | Biswajit Poddar | 15,452 | 8.10 | ||
| BSP | Khokan Das | 2,644 | 1.38 | ||
| MPI | Jagabandhu Malik | 1,437 | 0.75 | ||
| JDP | Premchand Soren | 1,190 | 0.62 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,445 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 706 | 0.37 | |||
| Turnout | 190,730 | 87.29 | |||
| Registered electors | 218,480 | ||||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Choudhury Mohd. Hedaetullaha | 81,822 | 47.24 | −10.69 | |
| AITC | Abu Ayash Mondal | 78,524 | 45.34 | +6.51# | |
| People's Democratic Conference of India | Abdul Kased Shaikh | 4,890 | |||
| BJP | Sakshi Gopal Ghosh | 4,027 | |||
| JDP | Sunil Soren | 2,036 | |||
| BSP | Sukumar Das | 1,064 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Annada Prasad Bhattacharyya | 824 | |||
| Turnout | 173,187 | 90.36 | |||