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Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nandigram
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Nandigram is located in West Bengal
Nandigram
Nandigram
Nandigram is located in India
Nandigram
Nandigram
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°01′N 87°59′E / 22.017°N 87.983°E / 22.017; 87.983Coordinates: 22°01′N 87°59′E / 22.017°N 87.983°E / 22.017; 87.983
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Constituency No. 210
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency Tamluk
Electorate (year) 195,187 (2011)

Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: নন্দীগ্রাম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 210 Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nandigram I and Nandigram II community development blocks.

Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).

In the 2016 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Abdul Kabir Sekh of CPI.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.


In the 2011 elections, Firoza Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Paramananda Bharati of CPI.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.


The bypoll to the Nandigram Occurred In 5 January,2009 Due To Resignation of the sitting MLA of CPI Md. Iliyas Sk.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.

In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA Illiyas Mahammad Sk. on corruption charges, held in January 2009 in the background of Nandigram violence, Firoza Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated Paramananda Bharati of CPI.


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