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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Medinipur
| 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/Medinipur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Medinipur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Sujoy Hazra]]
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
| constituency_no = 236
| established = 1957
| electors = 215,435
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Medinipur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim 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. 236 Medinipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Midnapore]] municipality, Chandra, Dherua, Monidaha and Tantigeria [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Midnapore Sadar (community development block)|Midnapore Sadar]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Bankibandh, Garhmal, Karnagarh, Kashijora and Shatpati gram panchayats of [[Salboni (community development block)|Salboni]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |access-date=2010-10-15 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2011 }}</ref>

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

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| Anjali Khan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| [[Syed Shamsul Bari]]
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2"|Kamakhya Charan Ghosh
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)|Biswanath Mukherjee]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Bankim Behari Pal
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| rowspan="3"|Kamakhya Charan Ghosh
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=6}}
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2"|Purnendu Sengupta
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| [[Santosh Rana]]
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Mrigendra Nath Maiti]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[June Malia]]
|-
| 2024^
| [[Sujoy Hazra]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Dr. Sankar Guchhait
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Medinipur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dr. Sankar Guchhait
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sujoy Hazra
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mani Kuntal Khamrui
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sambhu Nath Chattopadhyay
|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shashanka Patra
|party = Amra Bangalee
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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)
|votes = {{formatnum: 1628}}
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2024 by-election===
{{Election box begin
| title=[[2024 elections in India#West_Bengal|2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election]]: Medinipur<ref name="West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress sweeps bypolls in six Assembly seats">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress sweeps bypolls in six Assembly seats |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-trinamool-congress-dominates-retains-4-seats-wrests-one-from-bjp/article68901894.ece |access-date=23 November 2024 |date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123144039/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-trinamool-congress-dominates-retains-4-seats-wrests-one-from-bjp/article68901894.ece |archive-date=23 November 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Medinipur Assembly constituency 2024 By poll Result">{{cite news |title=Medinipur Assembly constituency 2024 By poll Result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2024/candidateswise-S25236.htm |accessdate=22 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=23 November 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250722135356/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2024/candidateswise-S25236.htm |archivedate=22 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Sujoy Hazra]]|votes=115104|percentage=53.42|change={{increase}}2.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Subhajit Roy|votes=81,108|percentage=37.64|change={{decrease}}2.86}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Mani Kuntal Khamrui|votes=11,892|percentage=5.52|change={{increase}}0.09}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shyamal Kumar Ghosh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=3,959|percentage=1.84|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Nantu Kuila|votes=717|percentage=0.45|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=2,624|percentage=1.22|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=33,996|percentage=146,896|change=68.19}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=215,404|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Medinipur]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[June Malia]]
|votes = 1,21,175
|percentage = 50.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shamit Dash
|votes = 96,778
|percentage = 40.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Tarun Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 12,984
|percentage = 5.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,928
|percentage = 1.64
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Sukesh Palmal
|votes = 1,565
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 24,397
|percentage = 10.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,39,132
|percentage = 85.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Medinipur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Mrigendra Nath Maiti
|votes = 1,06,774
|percentage = 50.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Santosh Rana (CPI)|Santosh Rana]]
|votes = 73,787
|percentage = 34.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tushar Mukherjee
|votes = 22,567
|percentage = 10.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 4,060
|percentage = 1.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Sova Das
|votes = 2,172
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 32,987
|percentage = 15.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,13,344
|percentage = 84.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Medinipur]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25236.htm|title = Medinipur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=236| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526070038/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=236| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Medinipur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_6th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Medinipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030813/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_6th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Mrigendra Nath Maiti
|votes = 1,03,060
|percentage = 54.43
|change = +24.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Santosh Rana (CPI)|Santosh Rana]]
|votes = 74,840
|percentage = 39.53
|change = -17.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tusar Mukharjee
|votes = 4,880
|percentage = 2.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Sanjay Mishra
|votes = 2,590
|percentage = 1.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Arun Kumar Adhikari
|votes = 1,436
|percentage = 0.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 28,220
|percentage = 14.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,89,467
|percentage = 87.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing = 42.74
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Santosh Rana of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the 223 Midnapore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rama Prasad Tewary of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Purnendu Sengupta of CPI defeated Gouri Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Dinen Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996. Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI defeated Raj Kumar Mishra of Congress in 1991, Samir Roy of Congress in 1987, and Samir Roy of ICS in 1982. Bankim Behari Pal of [[Janata Party]] defeated Kamakhya Ghosh of CPI in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp223.htm |title = 223 - Midnapore Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref>

===1957-1972===
Biswanath Mukherjee of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Kamakhya Charan Ghosh of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. [[Syed Shamsul Bari]] of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Anjali Khan of Congress 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=2010-12-20 |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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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Medinipur district]]
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[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

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