Sankrail Assembly constituency

Sankrail Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Sankrail
Constituency No. 174 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Sankrail Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
LS constituencyHowrah
Established1952
Total electors211,076
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. 174 Sankrail Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Andul, Banpur I, Banpur II, Dakshin Sankrail, Dhulagari, Kandua, Manikpur, Mashila, Nalpur, Raghudebbati, Sankrail, Sarenga gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block and Kolora I, Kolora II, Mahiyari I, Mahiyari II gram panchayats of Domjur community development block.[1]

Sankrail Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951SankrailKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
Kripa Sindhu ShawAll India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
1957Shyamaprasanna BhattacharyyaCommunist Party of India[3]
Apurba Lal MazumdarAll India Forward Bloc (Marxist)[3]
1962Dulal Chandra MondalCommunist Party of India[4]
1967N.N.BhuniyaIndian National Congress[5]
1969Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Haran HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Sital Kumar SardarIndian National Congress[13]
2001Sital Kumar SardarAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006Sital Kumar SardarAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2011Sital Kumar SardarAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Sankrail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Priya Paul 111,888 50.80 Increase5.60
BJP Probhakar Pandit 71,461 32.40 Increase17.70
CPI(M) Samir Malick 34,144 15.50
Turnout
TMC hold Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sankrail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Sital Kumar Sardar 86,212 45.20 Decrease6.01
CPI(M) Samir Malick 71,455 37.50 Decrease3.32
BJP Probhakar Pandit 28,006 14.70
Turnout
TMC hold Swing

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sankrail (SC) constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Sital Kumar Sardar 88,029 51.21 Decrease0.51
CPI(M) Anirban Hazra 70,172 40.82 Decrease3.86
BJP Jhan Prakash Ray 8,184
Independent Srikanta Mondal 1,735
BSP Soma Sardar 1,388
Independent Bhishma Bag 772
Indian Unity Centre Upendra Nath Dolui 658
Independent Sankar Das 603
Independent Balai Pandit 356
Turnout 171,897 81.44
TMC hold Swing 3.35#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006,[15] 2001[14] 1996[13] state assembly elections, Sital Kumar Sardar of Trinamool Congress / Congress won the 169 Sankrail (SC) assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Anirban Hazara of CPI(M).Bikash Mondal of CPI(M) in 2001 and Basudeb Dhali of CPI(M) in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Haran Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Nityananda Bhuniya of Congress/ Janata Party in 1991,[12] 1987,[11] 1982[10] and 1977.[9][18]

1951-1972

Haran Hazra of CPI(M) won in 1972,[8] 1971[7] and 1969.[6] N.N.Bhuniya of Congress won in 1967.[5] Dulal Chandra Mondal of CPI won in 1962.[4] In 1957 and 1951 Sankrail had joint seats. Shyama Prasanna Bhattacharya of CPI and Apurbalal Mazumdar of Forward Bloc (Marxist) won in 1957.[3] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya and Kripa Sindhu Shaw, both of Forward Bloc (Ruiker), won in 1951.[2]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sankrail. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. "169 - Sankrail (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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