# Medinipur Assembly constituency

Medinipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 236 Medinipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Midnapore municipality, Chandra, Dherua, Monidaha and Tantigeria gram panchayats of Midnapore Sadar community development block and Bankibandh, Garhmal, Karnagarh, Kashijora and Shatpati gram panchayats of Salboni community development block.
Medinipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Medinipur | Anjali Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Medinipur | Syed Shamsul Bari | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Medinipur | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | Medinipur | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Medinipur | Biswanath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India |
| 1972 | Medinipur | Biswanath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Medinipur | Bankim Behari Pal | Janata Party |
| 1982 | Medinipur | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India |
| 1987 | Medinipur | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India |
| 1991 | Medinipur | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India |
| 1996 | Medinipur | Purnendu Sengupta | Communist Party of India |
| 2001 | Medinipur | Purnendu Sengupta | Communist Party of India |
| 2006 | Medinipur | Santosh Rana | Communist Party of India |
| 2011 | Medinipur | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Medinipur | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Medinipur | June Malia | Trinamool Congress |
| 2024 By-Poll | Medinipur | Sujoy Hazra | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Medinipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sujoy Hazra | 188,104 | 83.62 | 32.72 |
| | BJP | Subhajit Roy | 41,108 | 18.26 | 20.86 |
| | CPI | Mani Kuntal Khamrui | 11,892 | 5.52 | 0.09 |
| | INC | Shyamal kumar ghosh | 659 | 0.29 | New |
| | Independent | Nantu Kuila | 1017 | 0.45 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,624 | 1.22 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,996 | 146,896 | 68.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,404 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Medinipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | June Malia | 121,175 | 50.72 |
| | BJP | Shamit Dash | 96,778 | 40.51 |
| | CPI | Tarun Kumar Ghosh | 12,984 | 5.43 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,928 | 1.64 |
| | AMB | Sukesh Palmal | 1,565 | 0.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,397 | 10.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,39,132 | 85.39 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Medinipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | 1,06,774 | 50.11 |
| | CPI | Santosh Rana | 73,787 | 34.63 |
| | BJP | Tushar Mukherjee | 22,567 | 10.59 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,060 | 1.91 |
| | AMB | Sova Das | 2,172 | 1.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,987 | 15.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,13,344 | 84.95 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Medinipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | 1,03,060 | 54.43 | +24.90 |
| | CPI | Santosh Rana | 74,840 | 39.53 | −17.84 |
| | BJP | Tusar Mukharjee | 4,880 | 2.58 | |
| | IND | Sanjay Mishra | 2,590 | 1.37 | |
| | LJP | Arun Kumar Adhikari | 1,436 | 0.76 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,220 | 14.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,467 | 87.95 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI | AITC gain from CPI | Swing | 42.74 | |

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Santosh Rana of CPI won the 223 Midnapore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rama Prasad Tewary of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Purnendu Sengupta of CPI defeated Gouri Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Dinen Roy of Congress in 1996. Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI defeated Raj Kumar Mishra of Congress in 1991, Samir Roy of Congress in 1987, and Samir Roy of ICS in 1982. Bankim Behari Pal of Janata Party defeated Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI in 1977.

### 1957-1972

Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Kamakhya Charan Ghosh of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Syed Shamsul Bari of Congress won in 1962. Anjali Khan of Congress won in 1957.