# Taldangra Assembly constituency

Taldangra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 251 Taldangra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bibarda, Fulmati, Harmasra, Khalgram, Panchmura and Taldangra gram panchayats of Taldangra community development block; Brojarajpur and Gaurbazar gram panchayats of Indpur community development block; and Simlapal community development block.
Taldangra Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Taldangra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Falguni Singhababu | 108,926 | 57.44 | 10.98 |
| | BJP | Ananya Roy Chakraborty | 43,844 | 22.87 | 15.76 |
| | CPI(M) | Debkanti Mahanti | 32,430 | 17.23 | 6.38 |
| | INC | Tushar Kanti Sannigrahi | 822 | 0.42 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,446 | 1.29 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76,496 | 40.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,468 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Arup Chakraborty of AITC won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating Shyamal Kumar Sarkar of BJP.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Taldangra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Arup Chakraborty | 92,026 | 46.1 |
| | BJP | Shyamal Kumar Sarkar (BENU) | 79,649 | 39.9 |
| | CPI(M) | Manoranjan Patra | 23,189 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,668 | 90.29 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2016

In the 2016 state assembly elections, Samir Chakraborty of All India Trinamool Congress won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amia Patra of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Taldangra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Samir Chakraborty | 87,236 | 48.40 |
| | CPI(M) | Dr. Amiyo Patra | 73,567 | 40.08 |
| | BJP | Mahadeb Khan | 11,741 | 6.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,192 | 87.10 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Taldangra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Monoranjan Patra | 74,779 | 47.59 | −13.87 |
| | INC | Arun Kumar Pathak | 67,614 | 43.03 | +10.58# |
| | BJP | Milan Singha Mahapatra | 6,110 | 3.89 | |
| | JDP | Dulal Saren | 4,098 | | |
| | Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Uzzwal Singha | 1,810 | | |
| | SUCI | Kabita Singha Babu | 1,564 | | |
| | JVM(P) | Kalipada Hembram | 1,157 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,132 | 87.44 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -24.45# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Manoranjan Patra of CPI(M) won the Taldangra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Manik Mitra of Trinamool Congress, Dilip Panda of Trinamool Congress and Debaprasad Singha Barathakur of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amiya Patra of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress in 1991 and Amit Chatterjee of Congress in 1987. Mohini Mohan Panda of CPI(M) defeated Kalyani Prasad Singha Choudhury of Congress in 1982 and Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress in 1977.

### 1952-1972

Phani Bhusan Singhababu of Congress won in 1972. Mohini Mohan Panda of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. Purabi Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 there was no seat at Taldangra. Purabi Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Taldangra seat in independent India's first election in 1952.