Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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 Manbazar
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| Coordinates: 23°04′0″N 86°39′0″E / 23.06667°N 86.65000°ECoordinates: 23°04′0″N 86°39′0″E / 23.06667°N 86.65000°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Constituency No. | 243 |
| Type | Reserved for ST |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 35. Purulia |
| Electorate (year) | 200,549 (2011) |
Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes from 2011. Earlier it was an open seat.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 243 Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) is composed of the following: Manbazar I and Puncha community development blocks; Chatumadar, Daldali and Manguria Lalpur gram panchayats of Hura community development block.
Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 3 (See for details)
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamya Pyari Mahato of CPI(M) won the Manbazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress and Sitaram Mahato of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakanta Mahato of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1996, Nirmal Prasad Mahato of Congress in 1991, and Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Nakul Chandra Mahata of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1977.
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