Keshiary Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
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Coordinates: 22°08′N 87°14′E | |
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State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Medinipur |
Constituency No. | 223 |
Type | Reserved for ST |
Lok Sabha constituency | 34. Medinipur |
Electorate (year) | 182,596 (2011) |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 223 Keshiary Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Keshiari community development block, and Alikosha, Angua, Anikola, Dantan I, Dantan II, Monoharpur, Salikotha and Tararui gram panchayats of Dantan I community development block.[1]
Keshiary Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Paresh Murmu | 106,366 | 50.00 | ||
BJP | Sonali Murmu | 91,036 | 43.00 | ||
CPI(M) | Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske | 9,270 | 4.00 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,570 | 1.00 | ||
BSP | Mithun Mandi | 1,904 | 1.00 | ||
SUCI | Jhareswar Routh | 1,535 | 1.00 | ||
Majority | 15,330 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Paresh Murmu | 104,890 | 53.99 | +8.64 | |
CPI(M) | Biram Mandi | 64,141 | 33.02 | -12.95 | |
BJP | Binod Bihari Murmu | 18,056 | 9.29 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 3,041 | 1.57 | ||
SUCI(C) | Shyamsundar Singh | 1,917 | 0.99 | ||
Independent | Balai Chandra Nayek | 1,426 | 0.73 | ||
Independent | Gopen Sing | 789 | 0.41 | ||
Turnout | 194,260 | 89.37 | -2.33 | ||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Biram Mandi | 76,976 | 45.97 | -17.49 | |
AITC | Shyam Charan Mandi | 75,939 | 45.35 | +12.11# | |
BJP | Dilip Routh | 6,651 | |||
Independent | Jaba Hansda | 5,418 | |||
JMM | Gopal Murmu | 2,453 | |||
Turnout | 167,437 | 91.7 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | -29.60# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Maheswar Murmu of CPI(M) won the Keshiary assembly seat (ST) six times in a row from 1982 to 2006, defeating Shyam Charan Mandi of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gouri Tudu of Congress in 1996, Rekha Kishu of Congress in 1991, Budhan Chandra Tudu of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Khudiram Singh of CPI(M) defeated Budhan Chandra Tudu of Congress in 1977.[5]
Budhan Chandra Tudu of Congress won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967.[6] Prior to that the Keshiary seat did not exist.
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