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{{About|the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|its namesake community development block|Manikchak|its namesake village|Manikchak, Malda}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Manikchak
| 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/Manikchak.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Manikchak Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Sabitri Mitra]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Dakshin]]
| constituency_no = 49
| established = 1951
| electors = 253,353
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Manikchak Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda 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. 49 Manikchak Assembly constituency covers [[Manikchak (community development block)|Manikchak]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Milki, Fulbaria and Sovanagar [[gram panchayat]]s of [[English Bazar (community development block)|English Bazar]] 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>

Manikchak Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 [[Maldaha Dakshin (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
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Pashupati Jha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|1957
!colspan="3"|''No seat''
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Sowrindra Mohan Misra
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|R.S. Singhi
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Arun Chandra Jha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Jokhilal Mandal
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Subodh Choudhary
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="2"|Jokhilal Mandal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|Subodh Choudhary
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|[[Ram Probesh Mondal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Asima Chowdhuri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|[[Sabitri Mitra]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Md. Mottakin Alam]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Sabitri Mitra]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Manikchak}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kavita Mandal
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Abu Syed|party=Aam Janata Unnayan Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
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|candidate = [[Gour Chandra Mandal]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Debajyoti Sinha
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ansarul Hoque(Kalu Pradhan)
|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]]: Manikchak}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sabitri Mitra]]
|votes = 110,234
|percentage = 53.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Gour Chand Mandal|votes=76,356|percentage=37.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Md. Mottakin Alam]]|votes=11,555|percentage=6.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anil Ch. Mandal|votes=2,743|percentage=1.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Chanchala Karmakar|votes=1,740|percentage=1.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Mukti Party|candidate=Amal Kumar Rabidas|votes=1,519|percentage=1.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=NOTA|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=1,367|percentage=1.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=Rest of the candidates|votes=~1,500|percentage=1.00|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Manikchak constituency<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=49| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602184855/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=49| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 2 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Manikchak | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Md. Mottakin Alam]]|votes=78472|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Sabitri Mitra]]|votes=65869|percentage=|change=-2.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian People's Forward Bloc|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=80.14|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
In the 2011 elections, [[Sabitri Mitra]] of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Ratna Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Manikchak constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=49| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602184855/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=49| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 2 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Manikchak | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sabitri Mitra]]
|votes = 64,641
|percentage = 46.20
|change = +4.23#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ratna Bhattacharya
|votes = 58,424
|percentage = 41.75
|change = -2.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dipankar Panday
|votes = 8,003
|percentage = 5.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Lutpha Khatub
|votes = 5,194
|percentage = 3.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Chanchala Karmakar
|votes = 3,668
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 139,930
|percentage = 80.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +6.77#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Ramprabesh Mandal, who had filed his nomination as an Independent candidate was a rebel Congress candidate. He withdrew on the last day for withdrawal of nominations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110405/jsp/siliguri/story_13810000.jsp| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120913061558/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110405/jsp/siliguri/story_13810000.jsp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 13 September 2012|title = Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend | publisher =The Telegraph, 5 April 2011 |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>

<small>.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===1977–2006===
In the [[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, Asima Chowdhuri of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Manikchak assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ram Probesh Mondal of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ram Probesh Mondal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary 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> Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) defeated Ram Probesh Mondal 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> Jokhilal Mandal of Congress 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Jokhilal Mandal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary 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> Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) defeated Jokhilal Mandal 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/Partycomp47.htm | title = 47 - Manikchak Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Jokhilal Mandal 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> and 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> Arun Chandra Jha of Congress won in 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> R.S.Singhi of [[Swatantra Party]] 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> Sowrindra Mohan Misra of Congress 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> The Manikchak seat was not there 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> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Pashupati Jha of Congress won from the Manikchak seat.<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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Manikchak Assembly constituency - Revision history

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