# Mandirbazar Assembly constituency

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

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1977 | Mandirbazar | Renupada Halder | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |
| 1982 | | Subhas Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Subhas Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Subhas Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Nikunja Paik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Choudhury Mohan Jatua | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Tapati Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Joydeb Halder | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Joydeb Halder | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Joydeb Halder | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mandirbazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Joydeb Halder | 95,834 | 48.04 | −4.68 |
| | BJP | Dilip Kumar Jatua | 72,342 | 36.26 | +31.43 |
| | ISF | Sanchay Kumar Sarkar | 25,397 | 12.73 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,822 | 0.91 | +0.09 |
| | SUCI(C) | Sisir Kumar Mondal | 1,117 | 0.56 | −0.47 |
| | BSP | Soumen Sarkar | 860 | 0.43 | −0.02 |
| | Independent | Subesh Kumar Halder | 808 | 0.41 | |
| | BMP | Partha Halder | 441 | 0.22 | |
| | Independent | Pabitra Halder | 319 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Sanjay Halder | 312 | 0.16 | |
| | RPI(A) | Mongal Naskar | 238 | 0.12 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,492 | 11.78 | −1.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 199,490 | 91.00 | +4.38 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Mandirbazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Joydeb Halder | 94,339 | 52.72 | −0.93 |
| | CPI(M) | Dr. Sarat Halder | 69,400 | 38.78 | −2.90 |
| | BJP | Chhandita Mazumder | 8,653 | 4.83 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Sisir Kumar Mondal | 1,848 | 1.03 | |
| | BSP | Tapas Kumar Halder | 810 | 0.45 | |
| | PDS | Bappa Das | 951 | 0.53 | |
| | LJP | Ganesh Halder | 788 | 0.44 | |
| | Independent | Sudip Halder | 692 | 0.39 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,460 | 0.82 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,939 | 13.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,941 | 86.62 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Mandirbazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Joydeb Halder | 83,524 | 53.65 | +6.75 |
| | CPI(M) | Dr. Sarat Halder | 64,883 | 41.68 | −8.23 |
| | BJP | Goutam Naskar | 3,209 | | |
| | BSP | Soumen Sardar | 1,670 | | |
| | PDS | Bappa Das | 1,263 | | |
| | People’s Democratic Conference of India | Pranab Kumar Paik | 1,136 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,685 | 85.96 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 14.99 | |

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, Dr. Tapati Saha of CPI(M) won the Mandirbazar Assembly constituency defeating Choudhury Mohan Jatua of AITC. Choudhury Mohan Jatua of AITC won in 2001 defeating Nikunja Paik of CPI(M). In 1996, Nikunja Paik of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Sardar of INC. Subhas Roy of CPI(M) won in 1991, 1987 and 1982 defeating Sanat Paik of INC in 1991, Durga Charan Mondal of INC in 1987 and Birendranath Halder of INC in 1982. Renupada Halder of SUCI(C) defeated Subhas Roy of CPI(M) in 1977. The seat did not exist prior to that.