# Sankrail Assembly constituency

Sankrail is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 174 Sankrail Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Andul, Banpur I, Banpur II, Dakshin Sankrail, Dhulagari, Kandua, Manikpur, Mashila, Nalpur, Raghudebbati, Sankrail, Sarenga gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block and Kolora I, Kolora II, Mahiyari I, Mahiyari II gram panchayats of Domjur community development block.
Sankrail Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Sankrail | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) |
| | | Kripa Sindhu Shaw | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) |
| 1957 | | Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India |
| | | Apurba Lal Mazumdar | All India Forward Bloc (Marxist) |
| 1962 | | Dulal Chandra Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | N.N.Bhuniya | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Sital Kumar Sardar | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | | Sital Kumar Sardar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Sital Kumar Sardar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2011 | | Sital Kumar Sardar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Sital Kumar Sardar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Priya Paul | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sankrail :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Priya Paul | 111,888 | 50.80 | 5.60 |
| | BJP | Probhakar Pandit | 71,461 | 32.40 | 17.70 |
| | CPI(M) | Samir Malick | 34,144 | 15.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sankrail :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sital Kumar Sardar | 86,212 | 45.20 | 6.01 |
| | CPI(M) | Samir Malick | 71,455 | 37.50 | 3.32 |
| | BJP | Probhakar Pandit | 28,006 | 14.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sankrail (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sital Kumar Sardar | 88,029 | 51.21 | 0.51 |
| | CPI(M) | Anirban Hazra | 70,172 | 40.82 | 3.86 |
| | BJP | Jhan Prakash Ray | 8,184 | | |
| | Independent | Srikanta Mondal | 1,735 | | |
| | BSP | Soma Sardar | 1,388 | | |
| | Independent | Bhishma Bag | 772 | | |
| | Indian Unity Centre | Upendra Nath Dolui | 658 | | |
| | Independent | Sankar Das | 603 | | |
| | Independent | Balai Pandit | 356 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,897 | 81.44 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | 3.35# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 1996 state assembly elections, Sital Kumar Sardar of Trinamool Congress / Congress won the 169 Sankrail (SC) assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Anirban Hazara of CPI(M).Bikash Mondal of CPI(M) in 2001 and Basudeb Dhali of CPI(M) in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Haran Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Nityananda Bhuniya of Congress/ Janata Party in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.

### 1951-1972

Haran Hazra of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. N.N.Bhuniya of Congress won in 1967. Dulal Chandra Mondal of CPI won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Sankrail had joint seats. Shyama Prasanna Bhattacharya of CPI and Apurbalal Mazumdar of Forward Bloc (Marxist) won in 1957. Kanai Lal Bhattacharya and Kripa Sindhu Shaw, both of Forward Bloc (Ruiker), won in 1951.