Kakdwip Assembly constituency

Kakdwip
Kakdwip
Constituency No. 131 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Kakdwip Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur
Established	1957
Total electors	247,649
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dipankar Jana
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Kakdwip Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kakdwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

Kakdwip community development block
Budhakhali and Narayanpur gram panchayats of Namkhana community development block

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1957	Maya Banerjee	Indian National Congress
1962	Maya Banerjee
1967	Hansadhwaj Dhara
1969	Hansadhwaj Dhara
1971	Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972	Basudeb Sautya	Indian National Congress
1977	Hrishikesh Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996	Ashok Giri
2001	Manturam Pakhira	Trinamool Congress
2006	Ashok Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Manturam Pakhira	Trinamool Congress
2016
2021
2026	Dipankar Jana	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2026			47.29%
2021			52.14%
2016			53.70%
2011			51.46%
2006			49.44%
2001			47.93%
1996			49.42%
1991			51.45%
1987			55.31%
1982			56.58%
1977			52.72%
1972			59.49%
1971			44.66%
1969			49.76%
1967			73.55%
1962			34.38%
1957			64.20%

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dipankar Jana	109,373	47.29	6.67
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	104,613	45.23	6.91
	CPI(M)	Narayan Das	12,129	5.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,165	0.5	0.03
Majority			4,760	2.06	9.46
Turnout			231,303	95.62	7.01
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	114,493	52.14	1.56
	BJP	Dipankar Jana	89,191	40.62	37.24
	INC	Indranil Rout	12,234	5.57	35.36
	NOTA	None of the above	1,023	0.47
Majority			25,302	11.52
Turnout			219,597	88.61
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	104,750	53.70	2.24
	INC	Rafik Uddin Molla	79,831	40.93
	BJP	Koushik Das	6,600	3.38	1.35
	SUCI(C)	Amiya Sasmal	1,280	0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	1,130	0.58
	BSP	Parbati Bhunia	960	0.49
	LJP	Ahamadulla Sheikh	502	0.26
Majority			24,919	12.77	6.38
Turnout			1,95,053	89.85	1.16
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	84,483	51.46
	CPI(M)	Milan Bhattacharya	73,980	45.07
	BJP	Nirmal Kumar Das	3,329	2.03
	PDCI	Kazi Nasiruddin Baidya	1,225	0.75
	Independent	Himanshu Shekhar Patra	1,142	0.70
Majority			10,503	6.39
Turnout			1,64,159	91.01
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Ashok Giri	65,749	49.44
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	57,333	43.11
	INC	Santosh Kumar Jana	7,914	5.95
	IND	Amiya Sasmal	2,003	1.51
Majority			8,416	6.33
Turnout			132,999
	Swing to CPI(M) from AITC		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Manturam Pakhira	58,872	47.93
	CPI(M)	Ashok Giri	58,367	47.52
	BJP	Debabrata Bhowmik	2,864	2.33
	IND	Bhagirath Bag	1,075	0.88
	IND	Amiya Sasmal	834	0.68
	NCP	Koustouv Kanti Rout	809	0.66
Majority			505	0.41
Turnout			122,856	82.24
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Ashok Giri	58,362	49.42
	INC	Mantu Ram Pakhira	56,130	47.53
	BJP	Satya Maity	2,534	2.15
	IND	Amiya Sasmal	302	0.26
	IND	Chitta Ranjan Sahu	256	0.22
	CPI(ML)L	Santi Das	217	0.18
	IND	Swadesh Maity	159	0.13
	IND	Haradhan Bera	130	0.11
Majority			2,232	1.89
Turnout			119,550	87.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Hrishikesh Maity	49,615	51.45
	INC	Gouri Sankar Bhattacharjee	42,367	43.93
	BJP	Gobardhan Dingal	4,051	4.20
	IND	Amiya Kanti Sasmal	408	0.42
Majority			7,248	7.52
Turnout			98,076	83.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Hrishikesh Maity	45,554	55.31
	INC	Gourisankar Bhattacharjee	35,741	43.40
	IND	Rabindra Nath Roy	667	0.81
	IND	Saktipada Pramanik	392	0.48
Majority			9,813	11.91
Turnout			83,452	82.20
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Hrishikesh Maity	41,403	56.58
	INC	Basudev Sautya	31,156	42.58
	IND	Sudhansu Shekhar Kar	611	0.84
Majority			10,247	14.00
Turnout			74,583	85.31
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Hrishikesh Maity	26,949	52.72
	INC	Basudeb Sautya	12,362	24.18
	JP	Bishnupada Pramanik	11,331	22.17
	IND	Satyaranjan Maity	351	0.69
	IND	Kalipada Patra	124	0.24
Majority			14,587	28.54
Turnout			51,817	63.18
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Basudeb Sautya	36,812	59.49
	CPI(M)	Hrishikesh Maity	25,067	40.51
Majority			11,745	18.98
Turnout			63,126	71.69
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)		Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Hrishikesh Maity	27,775	44.66
	INC(O)	Hanasdwaj Dhara	11,522	18.53
	INC	Badunb Bautya	9,298	14.95
	Bangla Congress	Ashok Kumar Samanta	7,174	11.53
	CPI	Khagen Roy Chowdhury	6,427	10.33
Majority			16,253	26.13
Turnout			64,293	76.26
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hansadhwaj Dhara	30,114	49.76
	CPI(M)	Harishikesh Maity	26,848	44.37
	LKD	Anadi Kumar Bera	2,296	3.79
	NDF	Mamud Ali Molla	1,255	2.07
Majority			3,266	5.39
Turnout			61,790	78.34
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	H. Dhara	45,031	73.55
	CPI(M)	H. Maity	14,269	23.31
	ABJS	S. B. Mondal	1,453	2.37
	IND	C. C. Moira	474	0.77
Majority			30,762	50.24
Turnout			62,851	80.53
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Maya Banerjee	20,778	34.38
	IND	Gobardhan Dingal	16,918	27.99
	CPI	Hrishihesh Maity	13,965	23.10
	PSP	Haripada Baguli	8,781	14.53
Majority			3,860	6.39
Turnout			63,344	74.17
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kakdwip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Maya Banerji	28,764	64.20
	PSP	Haripada Baguli	16,043	35.80
Majority			12,721	28.40
Turnout			44,807	63.58
	INC win (new seat)

References

Notes

Citations

↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[election2026-2] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2021-3] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[vidhansabha2011-4] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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