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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{other uses|Debra (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Debra
| 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/Debra.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Debra Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Humayun Kabir (Debra politician)|Humayun Kabir]]
| party = [[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 = 229
| established = 1957
| electors = 184,213
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Debra 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]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 229 Debra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Debra (community development block)|Debra]] [[Community Development Block in India|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>

Debra Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Debra}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rajib Banerjee|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Subhashis Om|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Sumit Adhikari|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=}}
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{{Election box hold with party link|
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|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Debra }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Humayun Kabir (Debra politician)|Humayun Kabir]]
|votes = 95,850
|percentage = 47.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bharati Ghosh
|votes = 84,624
|percentage = 41.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Prankrishna Mondal
|votes = 20,723
|percentage = 10.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India
|candidate = Dipankar Maity
|votes = 1,509
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,353
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,226
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]: Debra<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=229| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064308/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=229| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Debra| 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=Debra |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 = [[Radhakanta Maiti]]
|votes = 86,215
|percentage = 50.57
|change = +6.52#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sk. Sorab Hossein
|votes = 77,402
|percentage = 45.40
|change = -10.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Roy
|votes = 3,893
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Tanbir Murshed Khan
|votes = 2,969
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 170,479
|percentage = 92.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 17.08#
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

===1977-2006===
[[Sheikh Jahangir Karim]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) won the Debra assembly seat, five times in a row from 1987 to 2006, defeating Mrigendra Nath Maiti of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], Radha Kanta Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001 Rabindra Nath Bera of [[Indian National Congress]] in 1996, and Sk. Mohammed Daud of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Syed Moazzam Hossain]] of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress in 1982 and Sukumar Das of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp218.htm |title = 218 - Debra Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref>

===1957-1972===
Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bijoy Krishna Samanata won in 1969. K.Chakraborty of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1967. Santosh Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Mohini Mohan Pati of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<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==
{{Reflist}}

{{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 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Debra Assembly constituency - Revision history

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