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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1. its namesake village|Mahishadal|2. its namesake community development block|Mahishadal (community development block)}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Mahisadal
| 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/Mahisadal.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Mahisadal Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Tilak Kumar Chakraborty]]
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]
| constituency_no = 208
| established = 1951
| electors = 189,794
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Mahisadal 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. 208 Mahisadal Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Mahishadal (community development block)|Mahishadal]] and [[Haldia (community development block)|Haldia]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<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>

Mahisadal Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mahisadal}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Tilak Kumar Chakraborty
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 95346
|percentage = 40.03
|change =-6.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Subhas Chandra Panja
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 121584
|percentage = 51.05
|change = +5.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Swarna Kamal Das
|party = Jatiya Unnayan Party(AIMA)
|votes = 5603
|percentage = 2.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Paritosh Pattanayak
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 11490
|percentage = 4.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kajal Nayek Das
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 1399
|percentage = 0.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sk. Sainuddin
|party = Independent
|votes = 698
|percentage = 0.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Koushik Das
|party = Jan Sangh Party
|votes = 485
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Subhas Chandra Gumtya
|party = Independent
|votes = 413
|percentage = 0.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Tapan Kumar Maity
|party = SUCI(C)
|votes = 327
|percentage = 0.14
|change = -0.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 843
|percentage = 0.35
|change = -0.45
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26238
|percentage = 11.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 238188
|percentage = 83.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = AITC
|swing = 6.05
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mahisadal}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Tilak Kumar Chakraborty]]
|votes = 101,986
|percentage = 46.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Biswanath Banerjee|votes=99,600|percentage=45.41|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Secular Front|candidate=Bikram Chatterjee|votes=13,796|percentage=6.29|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,765|percentage=0.80|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Tapan Kumar Maity|votes=982|percentage=0.45|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Phajlur Rahaman Sk.|votes=788|percentage=0.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Koushik Das|votes=438|percentage=0.20|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=219,355|percentage=|change=}}
{{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]]: Mahisadal}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar|Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar]]
|votes = 94,827
|percentage = 48.10
|change = -7.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dr. Subrata Maiti
|votes = 78,118
|percentage = 39.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prasenjit Samanta
|votes = 14,150
|percentage = 7.18
|change = +3.84
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Bharat Nirman Party
|candidate = Tapan Kumar Banerjee
|votes = 2,832
|percentage = 1.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,025
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Subrata Maity
|votes = 1,918
|percentage = 0.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Sukumar Chaulya
|votes = 1,362
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Tapan Maity
|votes = 1,048
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Maslema Begam
|votes = 866
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 197,146
|percentage = 89.07
|change = -2.08
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Dr. Subrata Maiti, contesting as an Independent candidate, was supported by the Left - Congress Alliance.

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Dr.Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamalika Panda Seth of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Mahisadal<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25208.htm | title = Mahisadal | work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India | access-date = 2011-05-17 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=208| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519164855/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=208| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Mahisadal| 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=Mahisadal |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 = [[Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar|Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar]]
|votes = 95,640
|percentage = 55.29
|change = +5.49#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Tamalika Panda Seth
|votes = 67,478
|percentage = 39.01
|change = -9.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prasenjit Samanta
|votes = 5,783
|percentage = 3.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = People’s Democratic Conference of India
|candidate = Sk. Ajad Ali
|votes = 1,875
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Keramat Baks Mallik
|votes = 1,436
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Sukumar Chaulya
|votes = 78
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 172,994
|percentage = 91.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 15.47#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Tamalika Panda Seth, the contesting CPIM candidate From Mahisadal, is wife of the CPI(M) strongman [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=367844:district-dossier--east-midnapore-&catid=72:bengal-plus&from_page=search|title =Left Unlikely to Reverse Trend | publisher = The Statesman, 29 April 2011|access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref>

<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]] Tamalika Panda Seth of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the 204 Mahisadal assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhowmick of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Dipak Kumar Ghosh]] of Trinamool Congress defeated Dr. Subrata Maiti of CPI(M) in 2001. Sukumar Das of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. Surya Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987. Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Ramani Mohan Maity of Congress in 1982. Saswati Bag of [[Janata Party]] defeated Dinabandhu Mondal of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp204.htm |title = 204 - Mahisadal Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-07 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Ahindra Mishra of Congress won in 1972. [[Sushil Kumar Dhara]] representing [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1971, 1969 and 1967, and representing Congress in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] Mahisadal was a dual seat. It was won by [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh|Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]] of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] and Mahtab Chand Das of Congress. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], the Mahisadal seat was won by the Independent candidate, Kumar Deba Prosad Garga.<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==
{{Reflist}}

{{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 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Mahisadal Assembly constituency - Revision history

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