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Pingla Assembly constituency

Pingla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Constituency No. 227 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituencyGhatal
Established1967
Total electors194,757
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Swagata Manna
Party  BJP
Elected year2026
Preceded byAjit Maity

Pingla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 227 Pingla Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui gram panchayats of Pingla community development block (CDB) and Kharagpur II CDB.1

Pingla Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).1 It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1967 Gouranga Samanta Communist Party of India
1969
1971 Bijoy Das Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Haripada Jana Janata Party
1982 Independent politician
1987
1991 Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
1996 Ramapada Samanta Communist Party of India
2001 Independent politician
2006 Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
2011 Prabodh Chandra Sinha
2016 Saumen Kumar Mahapatra Trinamool Congress
2021 Ajit Maity
2026 Swagata Manna Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Pingla2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Swagata Manna 124,189 51.16 Increase4.9
AITC Ajit Maity 105,709 43.55 Decrease5.62
CPI Ashok Sen 6,423 2.65
NOTA None of the above 2,173 0.9 Decrease0.01
Majority 18,480 7.61 Increase4.7
Turnout 242,754 94.74 Increase5.08
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Pingla3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ajit Maity 112,435 49.17
BJP Antara Bhattacharya 105,779 46.26 Increase38.16
INC Samir Roy 7,103 3.11
NOTA None of the above 2,073 0.91
Majority 6,656 2.91
Turnout 228,669 89.66
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Pingla456
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Saumen Kumar Mahapatra 104,416 50.90 Increase4.34
DSP(PC) Prabodh Chandra Sinha 80,198 39.10 Decrease8.14
BJP Antara Bhattacharya 16,665 8.10 Increase3.84
SUCI(C) Ranjit Bankura 2,388 1.20
NOTA None of the above 2,118 1.02
Independent Kartik Chandra Dolai 1,474 0.70
Majority 24,218 11.80
Turnout 205,141 90.50 Decrease1.60
AITC gain from DSP(PC) Swing

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


2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pingla74
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DSP(PC) Prabodh Chandra Sinha 84,737 47.24 −9.81
AITC Ajit Maity 83,504 46.56 +3.62
BJP Sambhunath Hansda 7,641 4.26
JMM Rabi Tudu 3,481 1.94
Majority 1,233 0.69
Turnout 179,364 92.10
DSP(PC) hold Swing -13.43#

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


2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ramapada Samanta of DSP(PC) won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were among multiple candidates but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the CPI(M) symbol defeated Swapan Dome of Congress in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing Janata Party defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.8


1972

Bijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of CPI won in 1969 and 1967.9


References

References

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  2. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. "Pingla". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pingla. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Pingla. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  7. "Pingla". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  8. "217 - Pingla Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  9. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.