Baghmundi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This seat currently represented by Nepal Mahata in the West Bengal legislative assembly, right from its inception in 2011.The incumbent also represented its earlier version Jhalda for 10 years from 2001 to 2011.[1][2][3][4][5]
Baghmundi | |
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Coordinates: 23°12′0″N 86°03′0″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Purulia |
Constituency No. | 240 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 35. Purulia |
Electorate (year) | 191,991 (2011) |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhalda municipality; Jhalda I and Baghmundi community development blocks; Hetgugui and Sirkabad gram panchayats of Arsha community development block.[6]
Baghmundi Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]
The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”[7]
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Baghmundi | Sirish Chandra Banerjee | Lok Sewak Sangh[8][9] |
1951 | Jhalda | Debendranath Mahato | Indian National Congress[10] |
1957 | Debendra Nath Mahato | Indian National Congress[11] | |
1962 | Debendra Nath Mahato | Indian National Congress [12] | |
1967 | C. Mahato | All India Forward Bloc[13] | |
1969 | Debendra Nath Mahato | Indian National Congress[14] | |
1971 | Kinkar Mahato | Indian National Congress [15] | |
1972 | Kinkar Mahato | Indian National Congress [16] | |
1977 | Satya Ranjan Mahato | All India Forward Block [17] | |
1982 | Subhas Chandra Mahato | Indian National Congress [18] | |
1987 | Satya Ranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc [19] | |
1991 | Satya Ranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc [20] | |
1996 | Satya Ranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc [21] | |
2001 | Nepal Mahata | Independent [22] | |
2006 | Nepal Mahata | Indian National Congress [23] | |
2011 | Baghmundi | Nepal Mahata | Indian National Congress [24] |
2016 | Nepal Mahata | Indian National Congress[25][26] | |
2021 | Sushanta Mahato | All India Trinamool Congress[27][28] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Susanta Mahato | 75,905 | 36.79 | -5.24 | |
AJSU | Asutosh Mahato | 61,936 | 30.02 | +3,224 | |
INC | Nepal Mahato | 51,046 | 24.74 | -42.49 | |
AIFB | Debranjan Mahato | 11,842 | 5.74 | ||
AMB | Pashupati Mahato | 2,000 | 0.97 | ||
SUCI(C) | Mrityunjoy Singh Babu | 1,188 | 0.58 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,386 | 1.16 | ||
Turnout | 206,303 | ||||
AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Nepal Mahata | 88,707 | 47.16 | ||
AITC | Samir Mahato | 80,120 | 42.59 | ||
BJP | Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato | 11,219 | 5.96 | ||
AMB | Pasupati Mahato | 2,047 | 1.09 | ||
AJSU | Subal Prasad | 1,863 | 0.99 | ||
Independent | Rabindra Nath Sin Mura | 1,102 | 0.59 | ||
SUCI(C) | Mrityunjoy Singh Babu | 1,016 | 0.54 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,029 | 1.08 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 188,103 | 84.18 | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Nepal Mahata | 77,458 | 49.48 | -2.00 | |
AIFB | Mangal Mahato | 59,814 | 38.21 | +2.33 | |
AJSU | Rakesh Mahato | 10,797 | 6.90 | ||
Turnout | 156,549 | 81.54 | |||
INC hold | Swing | -4.33# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct Jhalda constituency.
While in 2011 Baghmundi is a newly created constituency in West Bengal, it was there in independent India's first election in 1951. The areas now part of Purulia district were then part of Bihar. Sirish Chandra Banerjee of Lok Sewak Sangh won the Baghmundi seat.[3]
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