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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Daspur
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Daspur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Daspur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Mamata Bhunia]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
| constituency_no = 230
| established = 1951
| electors = 242,252
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Daspur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 230 Daspur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Daspur II (community development block)|Daspur II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Basudevpur, Daspur I, Daspur II, Nandanpur I, Nandanpur II and Panchberia [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Daspur I (community development block)|Daspur 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>

Daspur Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier a part of the [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Mrigendra Bhattachariya
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Bhabani Ranjan Panja
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Mrigendra Bhattachariyya
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|B. C. Sasmal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="2"|Mrigendra Bhattacharjya
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|rowspan="2"|Prabhas Chandra Phodikar
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="3"|Prabhas Poodikar
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Mukhopadhaya Chitta Ranjan
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Ajit Bhunia
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Sunil Adhikari
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Ajit Bhunia
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|2012^
|rowspan="3"|Mamata Bhunia
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Daspur}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Daspur}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Mamata Bhunia]]
|votes = 114,758
|percentage = 51.58
|change = -1.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prasanta Bera
|votes = 87,911
|percentage = 39.52
|change = +33.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dhruba Sekhar Mandal
|votes = 17,045
|percentage = 7.66
|change = -31.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Jagadish Mondal Adhikary
|votes = 1,387
|percentage = 0.62
|change = -0.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,368
|percentage = 0.61
|change = -0.37
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 222,464
|percentage = 76.91
|change = -1.49
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Daspur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Mamata Bhunia]]
|votes = 113,603
|percentage = 52.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Swapan Santra
|votes = 84,864
|percentage = 39.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dipak Kumar Pramanik
|votes = 12,626
|percentage = 5.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,104
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Madhusudan Manna
|votes = 1,899
|percentage = 0.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 215,086
|percentage = 78.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== By-election 2012===
In 2012, a by-election was necessitated by the death of sitting Trinamool Congress MLA Ajit Bhunia. Mamata Bhunia of AITC defeated her nearest rival Samar Mukherjee of CPI(M) by 18,928 votes.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120616/jsp/bengal/story_15617781.jsp#.T9yfZZh-4vs| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120619061732/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120616/jsp/bengal/story_15617781.jsp#.T9yfZZh-4vs| url-status = dead| archive-date = 19 June 2012| title = Trinamul wins bypolls but edge thins
| publisher =The Telegraph, 16 June 2012 |access-date = 2012-06-16 }}</ref>

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Daspur<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25230.htm |title = Daspur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 |archive-date = 22 May 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160522171954/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25230.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=230| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064330/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=230| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Daspur| 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=Daspur |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> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ajit Bhunia
|votes = 109,048
|percentage = 54.76
|change = +4.08#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sunil Adhikari
|votes = 84,121
|percentage = 42.24
|change = -7.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sujit Pain
|votes = 5,966
|percentage = 3.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 199,135
|percentage = 82.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 11.16#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Sunil Adhikari of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Daspur assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival, Ajit Bhunia of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Ajit Bhunia of Trinamool Congress defeated Chaittaranajan Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M). in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chittaranjan Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Jagannanth Goswami of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996. Prabhas Phadikar of CPI(M) defeated Asit Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1991, Paresh Mondal of Congress in 1987, Sudhir Bera of Congress in 1982, and Bankim Chandra Sasmal of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp198.htm |title = 198 - Daspur Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Sudhir Chandra Bera of Congress won both in 1972 and 1971. Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won in 1969. B.C.Sasmal of Congress won in 1967. Mrigendra Bhattacharya of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Bhabani Ranjan Panja of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]] the Daspur seat was won by Mrigendra Bhattacharya of CPI.<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>

==References==
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{{Paschim Medinipur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Daspur Assembly constituency - Revision history

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