Sainthia Assembly constituency

Sainthia Assembly constituency 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
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBirbhum
LS constituencyBirbhum
Established2011
Total electors190,037
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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 % ±%
TMC 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
TMC 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 % ±%
TMC 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
TMC 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#
TMC 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

  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. "Sainthia". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sainthia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Sainthia. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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