Mandirbazar Assembly constituency

Mandirbazar
Constituency No. 135 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Mandirbazar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur
Established	1977
Total electors	229,074
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Joydeb Halder
Party	AITC
Alliance	AITC+
Elected year	2026

Mandirbazar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Mandirbazar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

• Mandirbazar community development block
• Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur, Mathurapur Paschim, Mathurapur Purba and Uttar Lakshminarayanpur gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block

Mandirbazar Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1977	Renupada Halder		Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
1982	Subhas Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987
1991
1996	Nikunja Paik
2001	Choudhury Mohan Jatua		Trinamool Congress
2006	Tapati Saha		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Joydeb Halder		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021
2026

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2026			43.94%
2021			48.04%
2016			52.72%
2011			53.65%
2006			47.91%
2001			49.10%
1996			47.04%
1991			43.92%
1987			45.53%
1982			45.28%
1977			34.95%

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	93,686	43.94	4.1
	BJP	Mallika Paik	91,691	43.0	6.74
	Indian Secular Front	Ashoke Kumar Gayen	21,943	10.29	2.44
	NOTA	None of the above	1,036	0.49	0.42
Majority			1,995	0.94	10.84
Turnout			213,229	95.99	8.93
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	95,834	48.04	4.68
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Jatua	72,342	36.26	31.42
	Indian Secular Front	Sanchay Kumar Sarkar	25,397	12.73
	NOTA	None of the above	1,822	0.91
Majority			23,492	11.78
Turnout			199,490	87.06
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	94,339	52.72	0.93
	CPI(M)	Sarat Halder	69,400	38.78	2.90
	BJP	Chhandita Mazumder	8,653	4.84	2.78
	SUCI(C)	Sisir Kumar Mondal	1,848	1.03
	NOTA	None of the above	1,460	0.82
	PDS	Bappa Das	951	0.53	0.28
	BSP	Tapas Kumar Halder	810	0.45	0.62
	LJP	Ganesh Halder	788	0.44
	Independent	Sudip Halder	692	0.39
Majority			24,939	13.94	1.97
Turnout			1,78,941	86.62	0.69
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Joydeb Halder	83,524	53.65
	CPI(M)	Sarat Halder	64,883	41.68
	BJP	Goutam Naskar	3,209	2.06
	BSP	Soumen Sardar	1,670	1.07
	PDS	Bappa Das	1,263	0.81
	PDCI	Pranab Kumar Paik	1,136	0.73
Majority			18,641	11.97
Turnout			1,55,685	85.93
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Tapati Saha	63,751	47.91
	AITC	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	62,399	46.89
	Independent	Prahlad Kumar Purkait	4,123	3.10
	BSP	Deb Kumar Sanpui	1,416	1.06
	PDS	Bappa Das	1,380	1.04
Majority			1,352	1.02
Turnout
	Swing to CPI(M) from AITC		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	59,492	49.10
	CPI(M)	Nikunja Paik	52,618	43.43
	Independent	Prahlad Kumar Purkait	3,985	3.29
	BJP	Bidhan Baidya	2,784	2.30
	NCP	Dr. Tapan Kumar Sardar	985	0.81
	PDS	Nalini Kanta Haldar	558	0.46
	BSP	Bhaskar Haldar	493	0.41
	Independent	Kamal Krishna Sardar	247	0.20
Majority			6,874	5.67
Turnout			121,860	74.61
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nikunja Paik	57,805	47.04
	INC	Tapan Sardar	55,927	45.51
	Independent	Renupada Halder	5,975	4.86
	BJP	Chaitanya Mohan Jatua	3,187	2.59
Majority			1,878	1.53
Turnout			125,874	85.34
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subhas Roy	45,877	43.92
	INC	Sanat Pailk	42,685	40.86
	Independent	Renupada Haldar	9,265	8.87
	Independent	Murari Halder	6,631	6.35
Majority			3,192	3.06
Turnout			106,522	79.42
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subhash Roy	40,708	45.53
	INC	Durga Charan Mondal	33,710	37.71
	SUCI(C)	Renupada Halder	13,862	15.51
	Independent	Durgapada Halder	911	1.02
	Independent	Makhan Chandra Baidya	211	0.24
Majority			6,998	7.82
Turnout			90,732	77.54
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subhash Chandra Ray	34,832	45.28
	INC	Birendra Nath Halder	23,235	30.20
	SUCI(C)	Renu Pada Halder	18,032	23.44
	JP	Brindaban Gayen	684	0.89
	Independent	Bimal Krishna Halder	144	0.19
Majority			11,597	15.08
Turnout			78,612	77.98
	Swing to CPI(M) from SUCI(C)		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SUCI(C)	Renupada Halder	19,151	34.95
	CPI(M)	Subhas Chandra Roy	13,556	24.74
	JP	Brindaban Gayen	12,701	23.18
	INC	Sachin Roy	7,243	13.22
	Independent	Ashit Ranjan Mondal	1,119	2.04
	Independent	Subhas Chandra Biswas	470	0.86
	Independent	Baidyanath Mondal	385	0.70
	Independent	Durga Charan Mondal	172	0.31
Majority			5,595	10.21
Turnout			55,515	60.52
	SUCI(C) win (new seat)

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