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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Egra
| 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/Egra.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Egra Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
| constituency_no = 218
| established = 1957
| electors = 219,092
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Egra Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba 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. 218, Egra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Egra]] municipality, [[Egra I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]], and Basudevpur, Deshbandhu, Dubda, Manjusree, Paniparul, Sarbaday and Bibekananda [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Egra II]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 6 August 2015| work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Egra Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Contai (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Bhuban Chandra Kar Mahapatra
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Hrishikeh Chakraborty
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Probodh Chandra Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|[[Sisir Adhikari]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|2009★
|rowspan=3|[[Samares Das]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Tarun Maity
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|}
★By election

==Election Results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Egra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|votes = 142670
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tarun Maity
|votes = 116978
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Anjan Kumar Pattnayak
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Subarata Panda
|votes = 5736
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 25692
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Egra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tarun Maity
|votes = 125,763
|percentage = 52.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arup Das
|votes = 107,272
|percentage = 45.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Manas Kumar Kar Mahapatra
|votes = 5,086
|percentage = 2.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,393
|percentage = 1.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India
|candidate = Jagadish Sau
|votes = 1,303
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,491
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Egra<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=218| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519165448/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=218| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Egra| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Egra |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Samares Das]]|votes=113,334|percentage=52.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|candidate=Shaikh Mahmud Hossain|votes=87,378|percentage=40.10|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Minati Sur|votes=13,002|percentage=6.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
|candidate = Jagadis Sau
|votes = 2,340
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Gourishankar Raymahapatra
|votes = 1,829
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,17,883|percentage=(84.7%)|change=}}
{{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|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Egra<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=218| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519165448/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=218| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Egra| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Egra |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Samares Das]]|votes=99,178|percentage=51.57|change=+1.46#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|candidate=Hrisikesh Paria|votes=83,225|percentage=43.27|change=-3.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Minati Sur|votes=6,358|percentage=3.31|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Durga Pada Mishra
|votes = 3,565
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=192,326|percentage=87.78|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 5.07#
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.

===2009 by election===
The bypoll to the Egra occurred due to resignation of the sitting MLA of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]], [[Sisir Adhikari]], who was elected to the [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]] on 16 May 2009.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal state assembly by election, 2009: Egra constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011by>{{cite web| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/mamata-banerjee-wins-assembly-bypoll_591641.html | title = Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll | access-date = 28 September 2011 | publisher = PTI, 28 September 2011 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Samares Das]]|votes=72,403|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|candidate=Prabodh Chandra Sinha|votes=66,453|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=138,856|percentage=86.46|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the DSP vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.

===2006===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Egra<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=218| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519165448/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=218| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Egra| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Egra |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
|votes = 67,786
|percentage = 48.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|candidate = Prabodh Chandra Sinha
|votes = 66,196
|percentage = 46.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Samsul Alam Khan
|votes = 2,964
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jagadish Sau
|votes = 2,921
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = SPI
|candidate = Ratan Sheet
|votes = 1,334
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,590
|percentage = (1.1%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,41,278
|percentage = (89.8%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977-2009===
In the 2009 byelection, necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA [[Sisir Adhikari]] to Parliament from [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)]], Samaresh Das of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] defeated Prabodh Chandra Sinha.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/press/current/pn101109.pdf|title=Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date= 2009-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorsofcontai.com/Old/ELECTION.html | title = Trinamool Blooms with Green | publisher = Contai Royals | access-date = 2010-12-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175640/http://www.colorsofcontai.com/Old/ELECTION.html | archive-date = 2011-07-08 | url-status = usurped }}</ref>

In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Sisir Adhikari of Trinamool Congress won the 213 Egra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Prabodh Chandra Sinha of [[Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|DSP (PC)]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Prabodh Chandra Sinha, contesting as Independent or on [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] symbol, won the Egra seat between 1982 and 2001, defeating Tapan Kanti Kar of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Sohan Jyoti Maiti of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996, Tapan Kanti Kar of Congress in 1991, Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo of Congress in 1987 and Khan Samsul Alam of Congress in 1982. Prabodh Chandra Sinha representing [[Janata Party]] defeated Anandi Nandan Das of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp213.htm |title = 213 - Egra Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-07 }}</ref>

===1957-1972===
[[Khan Samsul Alam]] of Congress won in 1972. Prabodh Chandra Sinha of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won in 1971. Bibhuti Pahari of PSP won in 1969 and 1967. Hrishikesh Chakraborty of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Bhuban Chandra Kar Mahapatra 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 = 2010-12-01 | 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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{{Purba Medinipur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Egra Assembly constituency - Revision history

KristineCharlton at 20:40, 6 May 2026