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Sainthia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Mahammad Bazar Assembly constituency ceases to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Sainthia Assembly constituency is a newly constituted constituency.

Sainthia
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 23°57′N 87°40′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	289
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	42. Birbhum
Electorate (year)	190,037 (2011)

Overview

As 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

2021

In the 2021 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Piya Saha of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Sainthia

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

In the 2016 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI (M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sainthia

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

In the 2011 elections, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sainthia [2][3][4]

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

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