Nandigram Assembly constituency

Nandigram
Nandigram
Constituency No. 210 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Nandigram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Established	1951
Total electors	267,608
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vacant
Elected year	2026

Nandigram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 210 Nandigram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nandigram I and Nandigram II community development blocks.^[1]

Nandigram Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1951 to 1967 Nandigram North and Nandigram South

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party affiliation
1951	Nandigram North	Subodh Chandra Maity	Indian National Congress^[2]
1951	Nandigram South	Prabir Chandra Jana	Indian National Congress^[2]
1957	Nandigram North	Subodh Chandra Maity	Indian National Congress^[3]
1957	Nandigram South	Bhupal Chandra Panda	Communist Party of India^[3]
1962	Nandigram North	Subodh Chandra Maity	Indian National Congress^[4]
1962	Nandigram South	Prabir Chandra Jana	Indian National Congress^[4]

1967 to Present Nandigram

Election	Member
1967	Bhupal Chandra Panda^[5]	Communist Party of India
1969^[6]
1971^[7]
1972^[8]
1977	Prabir Chandra Jana^[9]	Janata Party
1982	Bhupal Chandra Panda^[10]	Communist Party of India
1987	Sakti Bal^[11]
1991^[12]	Sakti Bal^[11]
1996	Debi Sankar Panda^[13]	Indian National Congress
2001^[14]	Sheikh Mohammad Illias	Communist Party of India
2006^[15]^[16]	Sheikh Mohammad Illias	Communist Party of India
2009^	Phiroja Bibi	Trinamool Congress
2011^[17]	Phiroja Bibi
2016	Suvendu Adhikari
2021		Bharatiya Janata Party
2026		Bharatiya Janata Party
2026^

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026 (By-Poll)			00.00%
2026			50.37%
2021			48.49%
2016			67.20%
2011			61.21%
2009 (By-Poll)			58.28%
2006			48.7%
2001			51.50%
1996			49.20%
1991			47.90%
1987			52.60%
1982			54.30%
1977			46.60%

2026 by-election

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Nandigram
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP
	CPI(M)
	INC
	ISF
	AJUP
	AITC
	NCPI
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2026

In the 2026 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival Pabitra Kar of Trinamool Congress.^[18]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suvendu Adhikari	127,301	50.37	1.88
	AITC	Pabitra Kar	117,636	46.55	1.09
	CPI	Shanti Giri	2,977	1.19	new
	ISF	Ali Md. Sabe Miraj Khan	1,898	0.75	new
	NOTA	None of the above	919	0.36	0.12
	INC	Sekh Jariatul Hossain	794	0.31	−
Majority			9,665	3.82	2.97
Turnout			252,722	94.59	6.06
	BJP hold		Swing

2021

In the 2021 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival and incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suvendu Adhikari	110,764	48.49	43.09
	AITC	Mamata Banerjee	108,808	47.64	19.56
	CPI(M)	Minakshi Mukherjee	6,267	2.74	23.96
	NOTA	None of the above	1,090	0.48
Majority			1,956	0.85
Turnout			228,405	88.53
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	31.33

2016

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

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Suvendu Adhikari	134,623	67.20
	CPI	Abdul Kabir Sekh	53,393	26.70
	BJP	Bijon Kumar Das	10,713	5.40
	SUCI(C)	Bappaditya Nayak	828	0.40
	BNP	Ram Mohan Maity	717	0.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	1278	0.63	N/A
Majority			81,230	40.60
Turnout			2,01,659	86.97
	AITC hold		Swing	7.32

2011

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

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Firoja Bibi	103,300	61.21	+2.93
	CPI	Paramananda Bharati	59,660	35.35	−4.00
	BJP	Bijan Kumar Das	5,813	1.72
	PDCI	Mehedi Masud Sekh	2,898	1.69
Majority			43,640	25.42
Turnout			1,71,671	87.93
	AITC hold		Swing	3.47

2009 bypoll

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

Bye election, 2009: Nandigram^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Firoja Bibi	93,022	58.28	+12.41
	CPI	Paramananda Bharati	53,473	39.35	−13.36
	BJP	Bijan Kumar Das	9,813	1.72
Majority			39,549	23.43
Turnout			1,53,407	84.75
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing	25.77

. 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.

2009

In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA Sheikh Mohammad Illias on corruption charges, held in January 2009 in the background of Nandigram violence, Firoja Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated Paramananda Bharati of CPI.^[23]^[15]

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Sheikh Mohammad Illias of CPI won the 206 Nandigram assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Sk. Supian of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Sunil Baran Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Debisankar Panda of Congress defeated Sakti Bal of CPI in 1996. Sakti Bal of CPI defeated Debi Sankar Panda of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI defeated Ramesh Chandra Gharai of Congress in 1982. Prabir Jana of Janata Party defeated Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI in 1977.^[24]

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Sheikh Mohammad Illias	93,022	48.7
	AITC	Sk Supian	53,473	45.3
	INC	Anwar Ali Sk	4943	3.5
Majority			4,823	3.4
Turnout			1,42,548	88.1
	CPI hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Sheikh Mohammad Illias	67,544	51.5
	AITC	Sunil Baran Maiti	59,540	45.4
	BJP	Mohit Kumar Tripathi	4,071	4,071
Majority			8004	6.1
Turnout			1,31,200	81.4
	CPI hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Debisankar Panda	61,885	49.2
	CPI	Sakti Bal	61,747	49.1
	BJP	Joydeb Satpati	1,508	1.2
Majority			138	0.1
Turnout			1,28,160	87.4
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Sakti Bal	49,923	47.9
	INC	Debisankar Panda	46,253	44.3
	Independent	Sunil Maity	4,655	4.5
	BJP	Santosh Kumar Das	2,830	2.7
	Independent	Bhanani Prasad Das	672	0.6
Majority			3,670	3.4
Turnout			1,07,039	78.8
	CPI hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Sakti Bal	47,786	52.6
	INC	Debisankar Panda	41,914	46.2
	SUCI(C)	Pijush Kanti Bhunia	1,113	1.2
Majority			5,872	6.4
Turnout			91,985	78.9
	CPI hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Bhupal Chandra Panda	43,767	54.3
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Gharai	34,516	42.9
	JP	Prasanta Gayaen	2,057	2.6
	independence	Jagadish Chandra Das	208	0.3
Majority			9,251	11.3
Turnout			81,892	77.5
	CPI gain from JP		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Prabir Jana	26,388	46.6
	CPI	Bhupal Chandra Panda	12,135	20.5
	CPI(M)	Rabindra Nath Maiti	10,744	18.2
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Gharai	8,932	15.1
	Independent	Sunil Baran Maiti	382	0.7
	Independent	Syed Asaf Ali	352	0.6
	Independent	Sitangsu Sekhar Das	205	0.4
Majority			14,253	23.8
Turnout			59,977	62.8
	JP gain from CPI		Swing

1972

Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Nandigram had two seats, Nandigram North and Nandigram South.^[25]

1962

Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won in 1962. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won the Nandigram South seat.^[25]

References

1 2 3 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 176. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 129. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 127. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "CPI MLA from Nandigram resigns over bribery charge". The Indian Express, 11 September 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
1 2 "Nandigram (West Bengal) Assembly Election Result 2026: Suvendu Adhikari of BJP Wins". Indianexpress.com. 5 May 2026.
↑ "Nandigram: After Hours of Confusion, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Emerges Winner". The Wire. 2 May 2021.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nandigram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nandigram. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
↑ "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
1 2 "State By-Elections 2009 – Trinamool Congress wins Nandigram bypoll". The Hindu, 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
↑ "206 – Nandigram Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
1 2 "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[delimitation-1] 1 2 3 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[vidhansabha1952-2] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 176. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1957-3] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 129. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1962-4] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 127. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-5] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-6] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-7] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1972-8] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-9] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-10] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1987-11] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-12] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-13] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-14] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[indianexpress.com-15] 1 2 "CPI MLA from Nandigram resigns over bribery charge". The Indian Express, 11 September 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[vidhansabha2006-16] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 154. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-17] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[election2026-18] 1 2 "Nandigram (West Bengal) Assembly Election Result 2026: Suvendu Adhikari of BJP Wins". Indianexpress.com. 5 May 2026.

[election2021-19] "Nandigram: After Hours of Confusion, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Emerges Winner". The Wire. 2 May 2021.

[election2012-20] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nandigram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[election2011-21] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nandigram. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[vidhansabha2011by-22] "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[election2009-23] 1 2 "State By-Elections 2009 – Trinamool Congress wins Nandigram bypoll". The Hindu, 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[election1977-24] "206 – Nandigram Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.

[archive-25] 1 2 "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]