# Maniktala Assembly constituency

Maniktala Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata 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, Maniktala Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 31 and 32 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Maniktala Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Ranendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Ranendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Ila Mitra | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Ila Mitra | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | Ila Mitra | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Anila Debi | Communist Party of India |
| 1972 | Ila Mitra | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Paresh Paul | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Paresh Paul | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Rupa Bagchi | Communist Party of India |
| 2011 | Sadhan Pande | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Sadhan Pande | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Sadhan Pande | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2024^ | Supti Pandey | All India Trinamool Congress |
^By election

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Assembly by election : Maniktala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Supti Pandey | 83,110 | 71.65 | +20.83 |
| | BJP | Kalyan Chaubey | 20,798 | 17.93 | −17.67 |
| | CPI(M) | Rajib Majumder | 9,502 | 8.19 | −1.97 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,023 | 0.88 | −0.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62,312 | 53.72 | 62,312 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,15,991 | 53.7 | −9.29 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |
The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20th February 2022. However, bypolls to the seat couldn't be held even after 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court alleging irregularities in polling & demanded a recount of votes. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 forbids holding any polls to the seat until any election petition concerning that seat hasn't been resolved at the court. On 29 April 2024, Choubey withdrew his election petition from the court, making way for bypoll to the seat.

### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maniktala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sadhan Pande | 67,577 | 50.82 | +0.22 |
| | BJP | Kalyan Chaubey | 47,339 | 35.60 | +23.05 |
| | CPI(M) | Rupa Bagchi | 13,513 | 10.16 | −22.93 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,420 | 1.07 | −1.10 |
| | IND | Nimai Nath | 783 | 0.59 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,238 | 15.22 | −2.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,33,110 | 62.99 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maniktala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sadhan Pande | 73,157 | 50.60 | −9.45 |
| | CPI(M) | Rajib Majumder | 47,846 | 33.09 | −2.31 |
| | BJP | Sunil Roy | 18,149 | 12.55 | +10.08 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,141 | 2.17 | New |
| | IND | Tarun Banerjee | 920 | 0.64 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,311 | 17.51 | −7.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,44,587 | 69.70 | −3.27 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -9.45 | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maniktala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sadhan Pande | 89,039 | 60.05 | |
| | CPI(M) | Rupa Bagchi | 52,489 | 35.40 | |
| | BJP | Nandalal Singhania | 3,663 | 2.47 | |
| | IND | Sanjay Bagchi | 1,016 | 0.69 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,550 | 24.65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,48,273 | 72.97 | |
| | AITC win | AITC win | AITC win | AITC win | AITC win |