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{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Maheshtala
| 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/Maheshtala.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Maheshtala Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Dulal Chandra Das]]
| party = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}+
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency|Diamond Harbour]]
| constituency_no = 155
| established = 1951
| electors = 270,858
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Maheshtala Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Maheshtala Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<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= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
* Ward Nos. 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of [[Maheshtala|Maheshtala Municipality]].

Maheshtala Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2| Party
|-
| [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| rowspan="2"|Sudhir Chandra Bhandari
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Ahammad Ali Mufti
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="3" | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Bhupen Bijali
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Sudhir Chandra Bhandari
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| [[Mir Abdus Sayeed]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="2" | Abul Basar
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="3" | Mursalin Molla
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Kasturi Das]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2018 elections in India#West Bengal|2018^]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Dulal Chandra Das]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

*^ denotes by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Maheshtala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Subhasis Das
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Tamanath Bhowmik
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sayan Banerjee
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Haji Abdul Hannan
|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Maheshtala}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dulal Chandra Das]]
|votes = 1,24,008
|percentage = 56.38
|change = {{down}}2.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Umesh Das
|votes = 66,059
|percentage = 30.03
|change = {{up}}13.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pravat Chowdhury
|votes = 25,276
|percentage = 11.49
|change = {{down}}0.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 2,049
|percentage = 0.93
|change = {{down}}0.57
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 57,949
|percentage = 26.35
|change = {{down}}15.88
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,19,969
|percentage = 81.17
|change = {{up}}8.44
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2018 by-election===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016–21 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections#2018|West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election, 2018]]: Maheshtala<ref>{{cite web |title=Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-maheshtala-assembly-bypoll-counting-live-updates-west-bengal-byelections-2018-results-live-streaming-444710}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dulal Chandra Das]]
|votes = 1,04,818
|percentage = 59.13
|change = {{up}}11.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sujit Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 42,053
|percentage = 16.90
|change = {{up}}9.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pravat Chowdhury
|votes = 30,384
|percentage = 12.45
|change = {{down}}29.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 3,742
|percentage = 1.50
|change = {{down}}0.11
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 62,765
|percentage = 42.23
|change = {{up}}35.87
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,81,002
|percentage = 72.73
|change = {{down}}8.16
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Maheshtala}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Kasturi Das]]
|votes = 93,675
|percentage = 47.84
|change = {{down}}4.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 81,223
|percentage = 41.48
|change = {{up}}2.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kartick Chandra Ghosh
|votes = 14,909
|percentage = 7.61
|change = {{up}}5.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 3,144
|percentage = 1.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,452
|percentage = 6.36
|change = {{down}}7.47
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,95,827
|percentage = 80.89
|change = {{down}}0.82
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Maheshtala<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=155| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171339/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=155| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Mahestala| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Kasturi Das]]
|votes = 92,211
|percentage = 52.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sheikh Mohammed Israil
|votes = 67,928
|percentage = 38.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ramani Naskar
|votes = 7,971
|percentage = 4.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sisir Kumar Mukherjee
|votes = 3,689
|percentage = 2.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = Sagirauddin Laskar
|votes = 1,882
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Debashish Bose
|votes = 1,168
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Monoranjan Naskar
|votes = 807
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 24,283
|percentage = 13.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,75,656
|percentage = 81.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006, 2001 and 1996, Mursalin Molla of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Maheshtala Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals Dulal Das of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Biman Banerjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and Gouranga Mukherjee of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Abul Basar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Malay Chowdhury of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and Habibur Rahman of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Mir Abdus Sayeed of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Dilip Ghose, [[Independent politician]], in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Mali Safiuddin of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp115.htm |title = 115 - Maheshtala Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972===
Bhupen Bijali of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Ahammad Ali Mufti of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Sudhir Chandra Bhandari of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1957<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1952.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
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