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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Dantan<br />
| type= SLA<br />
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Dantan.map}}<br />
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dantan Assembly Constituency<br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Bikram Chandra Pradhan]]<br />
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
| alliance = <br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| district = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]<br />
| constituency_no = 219<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| electors = 236,503<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| abolished = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Dantan Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 219 Dantan Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Dantan II (community development block)|Dantan II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], [[Mohanpur (community development block)|Mohanpur]] community development block, and Chak Islampur [[gram panchayat]] of [[Dantan I (community development block)|Dantan I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |access-date=2010-10-15 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref><br />
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Dantan Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Year<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br />
|Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|Charu Chandra Mahanti<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|Debendra Nath Das<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
|Pulin Behari Tripathi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party Of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1974 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1974]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|Pradyut Kumar Mahanti<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Organisation)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|Kanai Bhowmick<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|Ranjit Patra<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|rowspan="3"|Nanda Gopal Bhattacharya<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|Arun Mahapatra<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|Bikram Chandra Pradhan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
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===2026===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Dantan}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Manik Maity<br />
|party = Trinamool Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:}}<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ajit Kumar Jana<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:}}<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shyamalkanti Das Pattanayek<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:}}<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = <br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:}}<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|party = None of the above (India)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:}}<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
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{{Election box turnout|<br />
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{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
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}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2021===<br />
In the 2021 elections, [[Bikram Chandra Pradhan]] of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shaktipada Nayak of BJP.<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Dantan}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Bikram Chandra Pradhan]]|votes=95,209|percentage=48.13|change={{decrease}}5.33}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Shaktipada Nayak|votes=94,586|percentage=47.82|change={{increase}}40.35}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Sisir Kumar Patra|votes=5,652|percentage=2.86|change={{decrease}}34.24}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,250|percentage=0.63|change={{decrease}}0.34}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Subhas Das|votes=1,101|percentage=0.56|change={{decrease}}0.44}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=623|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=197,798|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2016===<br />
In the 2016 elections, Bikram Chandra Pradhan of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sisir Kumar Patra of CPI.<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Dantan}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Bikram Chandra Pradhan]]|votes=95,641|percentage=53.46|change=+7.01}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Sisir Kumar Patra|votes=66,381|percentage=37.10|change=-12.25}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Shaktipada Nayak|votes=13,347|percentage=7.47|change=+5.03}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Balaram Das|votes=1,797|percentage=1.00|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,741|percentage=0.97|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=178,917|percentage=84.54|change=-4.78}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br />
|loser = Communist Party of India<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===2011===<br />
In the 2011 elections, Arun Mahapatra of CPI defeated his nearest rival Saibal Giri of Trinamool Congress.<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Dantan<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25219.htm |title = Dantan |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516060711/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25219.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=219| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526063910/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=219| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Dantan| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Dantan |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Arun Mahapatra<br />
|votes = 79,118<br />
|percentage = 49.35<br />
|change = -11.09<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = All India Trinamool Congress<br />
|candidate = Shaibal Giri<br />
|votes = 74,468<br />
|percentage = 46.45<br />
|change = +7.10#<br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Shailendra Jana<br />
|votes = 3,909<br />
|percentage = 2.44<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Mukul Kumar Mishra<br />
|votes = 1,653<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)<br />
|candidate = Soumen Samanta<br />
|votes = 1,169<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = 160,317<br />
|percentage = 89.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India<br />
|swing = -18.19#<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small><br />
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===1977-2006===<br />
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharya of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the Danatan assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Bikram Chandra Pradhan of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2006 and 2001, and Sunil Baran Giri of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ranjit Patra of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Panchanan Mahanti of Congress in 1991. Kanai Bhowmick of CPI defeated Dilip Kumar Das of Congress in 1987 and [[Pradyot Kumar Mahanti]] of [[Janata Party]] in 1982. Pradyot Kumar Mahanti of Janata Party defeated Rabindra Nath Dwibedi of CPI in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp228.htm |title = 228 - Dantan Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref><br />
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===1951-1972===<br />
Pradyut Kumar Mahanti of [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Congress (Organisation)]] won in 1972. Pulin Behari Tripathi of Congress won in 1971. Debendra Nath Das of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969 and 1967. Charu Chandra Mahanti of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]] and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]] Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] won the Dantan seat.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp | title = Statistical Reports of Elections | access-date = 2010-12-20 | work = General Election Results and Statistics | publisher = Election Commission of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp | archive-date = 2010-10-05 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Paschim Medinipur topics}}<br />
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}<br />
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{{West Bengal elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Medinipur district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
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