Tamluk Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

Purba Medinipur district East Medinipur (Alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The ...

in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 203 Tamluk Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Tamluk Tamluk (), is a town and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world and the headquarter ...

municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of

community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

, and Sahid Matangini community development block. Tamluk Assembly constituency is part of No. 30

Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency) Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimita ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

* ^ by-election

Election results

2021

2016

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2011

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Jagannath Mitra of CPI won the 203 Tamluk assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chittaranjan Maiti of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirbed Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated

Santosh Rana Santosh Rana (1942 – 29 June 2019) was an Indian politician. In the 1960s, he was a prominent figure in the armed struggle of the Naxalites led by Charu Majumdar. Rana received Ananda Puraskar for his book ''Rajnitir Ek Jibon'' in 2018. Agr ...

of CPI in 2001. Anil Mudi of

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defeated Surajit Bagchi of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Surajit Bagchi of CPI defeated Anil Mudi of Congress in 1987. Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI defeated Sukumar Das representing ICS in 1982 and representing Congress in 1977.

1951-1972

Ajoy Mukherjee Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. Ajoy Kum ...

representing

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won in 1972, representing

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won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and earlier representing Congress won in

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1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

and in independent India's first election in 1951.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Purba Medinipur district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal