Baghmundi Assembly constituency explained

Baghmundi
Type:	SLA
Mla:	Sushanta Mahato
Party:	All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:	2021
State:	West Bengal
District:	Purulia
Loksabha Cons:	Purulia
Constituency No:	240
Established:	2011
Electors:	191,991
Reservation:	None

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhalda municipality; Jhalda I and Baghmundi community development blocks; Hetgugui and Sirkabad gram panchayats of Arsha community development block.^[1]

Baghmundi Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2011	Baghmundi	Nepal Mahata	Indian National Congress^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
2016
2021		Sushanta Mahato	All India Trinamool Congress^[5] ^[6]

Election results

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct Jhalda constituency.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 2011-01-27 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2010-09-18 .
2. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 . Baghmundi. Elections.in . 18 May 2021.
3. Web site: Baghmundi. 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University . 18 May 2021.
4. Web site: Baghmundi. Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections . 18 May 2021.
5. Web site: Baghmundi Election Result 2021 . Times Now News.com . 18 May 2021 .
6. Web site: Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Baghmundi . Election Commission of India . 18 May 2021 .