# Mangalkot Assembly constituency

Mangalkot Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 272 Mangalkot assembly constituency covers Mongalkote community development block and Saragram, Gidhgram and Alampur gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block.
Mangalkot assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Mangalkot | Bhakta Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | No seat | |
| 1962 | | Narayandas Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | N.Sattar | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Nikhilannanda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Jyotirmoy Mojumdar | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Samar Baora | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Sadhana Mallick | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Sadhana Mallick | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Sadhana Mallick | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Sahajahan Choudhary | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mangalkot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) | 107,596 | 49.51 | +20.98 |
| | BJP | Rana Protap Goswami | 85,259 | 39.23 | +310.29 |
| | CPI(M) | Sahajahan Chowdhury | 16,783 | 7.72 | −78.59 |
| | BSP | Abdus Sabur Sk. | 2,476 | 1.14 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Rasik Saren | 1,389 | 0.64 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,826 | 1.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 217,329 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mangalkot constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | 89,812 | 45.87 | −0.28 |
| | CPI(M) | Sahajahan Chowdhury | 77,938 | 39.81 | −6.41 |
| | BJP | Gopal Chattopadhyay | 20,780 | 10.61 | +6.5 |
| | BSP | Ramkrishna Malik | 3,315 | 1.69 | +0.2 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,210 | 1.13 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Rasik Saren | 1,731 | 0.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,786 | 85.75 | −1.09 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mangalkot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Sajahan Choudhury | 81,316 | 46.22 | −13.02 |
| | AITC | Apurba Chaudhuri | 81,190 | 46.15 | +9.01# |
| | BJP | Alok Taranga Goswami | 7,224 | 4.11 | |
| | JDP | Anil Kumar Mardi | 3,567 | | |
| | BSP | Sukumar Malik | 2,630 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,927 | 86.84 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -22.03# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

### 1977-2006

Sadhana Mallik of CPI(M) won the Mangalkot assembly seat in 2006, 2001, and 1996 defeating Abdul Based Shekh of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Chandranath Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Absar Nurul Mondal of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Baora of CPI(M) defeated Hriday Kishan Sar of Congress in 1991. Nikhilananda Sar of CPI(M) defeated Jagadish Dutta of in 1987, Seikh Borshed of Congress in 1982, and Madan Chowdhury of Congress in 1977.

### 1951-1972

Jyotirmoy Majumder of Congress won in 1972. Nikhilananda Sar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. N.Sattar of Congress won in 1967. Narayan Das of CPI won in 1962. The Mangalkot seat was not there in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Bhakta Chandra Roy of Congress won the Mangalkot seat.