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{{Short description|Vidhan Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Maldaha
| 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/Maldah.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Maldaha Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]
| constituency_no = 50
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Gopal Chandra Saha]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 245,962
}}

'''Maldaha Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Maldah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 50 Maldaha Assembly constituency (SC) covers [[Old Malda Municipality, Malda|Old Malda Municipality]], [[Old Malda (community development block)|Old Malda]], [[Narhatta gram panchayat]] of [[English Bazar (community development block)|English Bazar]] community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats of [[Habibpur (community development block)|Habibpur]] 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 | access-date = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Maldah Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Nikunja Behari Gupta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|Raipada Das
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Nikunja Behari Gupta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|Matia Murmu
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Dharanidhar Sarkar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Md Sayeed Mia
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="3"|Mahammad Gafurur Rahman
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|1972^
|Siddhartha Shankar Ray
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Subhendu Chowdhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|Phani Bhusan Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="2"|Subhendu Chowdhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Phani Bhusan Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|Subhendu Chowdhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|Bhupendra Nath Halder
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Gopal Chandra Saha
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Maldaha}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Gopal Chandra Saha]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Lipika Barman Ghosh|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dipak Barman|party=Communist Party of India|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bhupendra Nath|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Haridas Karmakar|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kalyan Rajbanshi|party=Janata Unnayan Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Basudeb Sarkar|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|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===
In the 2021 election, Gopal Chandra Saha of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Maldaha]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Gopal Chandra Saha]]
|votes = 93,398
|percentage = 45.23
|change = +29.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury
|votes = 77,942
|percentage = 37.75
|change = +7.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bhupendra Nath Halder
|votes = 26,563
|percentage = 12.86
|change = -35.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,818
|percentage = 1.36
|change = +0.15
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Sujit Kumar Moulik
|votes = 2,128
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,456
|percentage = 7.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,06,711
|percentage = 84.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dulal Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Maldaha]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bhupendra Nath Halder
|votes = 88,243
|percentage = 48.36
|change = +1.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dulal Sarkar (Babla)
|votes = 54,934
|percentage = 30.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gopal Chandra Saha
|votes = 29,111
|percentage = 15.95
|change = +6.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Swapan Sarkar
|votes = 2,703
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,204
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 33,309
|percentage = 18.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,82,564
|percentage = 86.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Maldaha]]<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=50 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602211504/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=50 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 2 June 2013 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Maldaha | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bhupendra Nath Halder
|votes = 68,155
|percentage = 46.55
|change = +3.43#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rahul Ranjan Das
|votes = 57,400
|percentage = 39.21
|change = -1.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kusum Roy
|votes = 13,180
|percentage = 9.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Niren Rajbanshi
|votes = 3,066
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Debashis Sarkar
|votes = 2,352
|percentage = 1.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 10,755
|percentage = 7.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,46,469
|percentage = 86.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +5.37#
}}

{{Election box end}}

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

===1977–2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Maldaha (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bhupendra Nath Halder of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and Phani Bhusan Roy of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp45.htm | title = 45 - Malda (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> S.Mia of Congress won in 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Dharanidhar Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Maldaha Assembly constituency - Revision history

LavernRuss601 at 07:25, 3 May 2026