# Nandigram Assembly constituency

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.
Nandigram Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).

## 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 |
| 1951 | Nandigram South | Prabir Chandra Jana | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Nandigram North | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Nandigram South | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Nandigram North | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Nandigram South | Prabir Chandra Jana | Indian National Congress |

### 1967 to present (as Nandigram)

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1967 | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 1972 | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Prabir Jana | Janata Party |
| 1982 | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 1987 | Sakti Bal | Communist Party of India |
| 1991 | Sakti Bal | Communist Party of India |
| 1996 | Debi Sankar Panda | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Iliyas Mohammed | Communist Party of India |
| 2006 | Iliyas Mohammed | Communist Party of India |
| 2009 (Bye-election) | Firoja Bibi | Trinamool Congress |
| 2011 | Firoja Bibi | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Suvendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Suvendu Adhikari | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 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 :
| Party | 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 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,956 | 0.85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,28,467 | 88.55 | 1.58 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Kabir Sekh of CPI.
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 81,230 | 40.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,01,659 | 86.97 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 43,640 | 25.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,71,671 | 87.93 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

#### 2009 by-election

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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 39,549 | 23.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,53,407 | 84.75 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI | 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.

### 2006

* Illias Mahammad Sk (CPI): 69,376 votes
* Sk Supian (AITC): 64,553
* Anwar Ali (Congress): 4,943 votes

### 1996

* Debisankar Panda (Congress): 61,885 votes
* Sakti Bal (CPI): 61747
* Joydeb Satpati (BJP): 1,508 votes

### 1977–2009

In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA Illiyas Mahammad Sk. on corruption charges, held in January 2009 in the background of Nandigram violence, Firoja Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated Paramananda Bharati of CPI.
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Illiyas Mahammad Sk. 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.

### 1967–1972

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

### 1951–1962 Nandigram North

Subodh Chandra Maity of Congress won in 1962, 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.

### 1951–1962 Nandigram South

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.