About Kushmandi Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Kushmandi is a legislative assembly segment located in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. It is a part of the Balurghat Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency of the state. There are a total of 1,83,928 eligible voters in the Kushmandi assembly constituency, out of whom 97,119 are men and 86,809 are women. The electorate of Kushmandi elected RSP's Narmada Chandra Roy as their representative into the state legislative assembly of West Bengal in 2011. Roy won 66,368 votes and defeated Parthasarathi Sarkar of INC by a margin of 3,643 votes.
According to the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2008, the Kushmandi legislative assembly segment comprises Sukdebpur, Jahangirpur and Belbari-II gram panchayats of Gangarampur community development block; and Kushmandi community development block. Only the candidates coming from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) are eligible to contest the Kushmandi legislative assembly seat of West Bengal.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kushmandi Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kushmandi assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2011 | 37 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Narmada Chandra Roy | M | RSP | 66368 | Parthasarathi Sarkar | M | INC | 62725 |
| 2006 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Narmada Chandra Roy | M | RSP | 66131 | Rajib Lochan Sarkar | M | INC | 43915 |
| 2001 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Narmada Chandra Roy | M | RSP | 61600 | Jitendra Nath Sarkar | M | AITC | 52705 |
| 1996 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Roy Narmada Chandra | M | RSP | 59176 | Krishna Chandra Sarkar | M | INC | 49232 |
| 1991 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Narmada Chandra Roy | M | RSP | 47449 | Jitendra Nath Sarker | M | INC | 39760 |
| 1987 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Roy Narmada | M | RSP | 48500 | Sarkar Dhirendra Nath | M | INC | 38649 |
| 1982 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Dhirendra Nath Sarkar | M | INC | 39896 | Narmada Roy | M | RSP | 39001 |
| 1977 | 33 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Dhirendra Nath Sarkar | M | INC | 17915 | Jogendra Nath Roy | M | RSP | 14908 |
| 1972 | 31 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Jatindra Mohan Roy | M | INC | 24403 | Jogendra Nath Ray | M | RSP | 7478 |
| 1971 | 31 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Roy Jatindpa Mohan | M | INC | 20988 | Sarker Bhupal Chandra | M | CPI | 7440 |
| 1969 | 31 | Kushmandi | (SC) | Jatindra Mohan Roy | M | INC | 17590 | Bhupal Chandra Sarkar | M | CPI | 17256 |
| 1967 | 31 | Kushmandi | (SC) | J.M.Roy | M | INC | 12433 | B.C.Sarker | M | CPI | 6580 |
| 1962 | 27 | Kushmandi | GEN | Khalil Sayed | M | CPI | 12679 | Maharaja Basu | M | INC | 9135 |
Last Updated on June 06, 2020