About Bandwan Assembly Constituency
Bandwan is constituency No. 238 of West Bengal legislative assembly. It is situated in Purulia district and comes under Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency. Both Bandwan and its corresponding Lok Sabha constituency Jhargram are reserved for scheduled tribes (ST).
According to data with the Election Commission of India, Bandwan has 2,23,789 registered voters. It comprises 1,14,164 male and 1,09,625 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, the CPI(M) won this seat by 22,020 votes. Besra Susanta, the winning CPI(M) candidate, got 87,183 votes. The nearest contender was Sital Chandra Hembram of the Congress who got 65,163 votes. The voter turnout was 80.52 %
Sitting and previous MLAs from Bandwan Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Bandwan assembly elections conducted so far.
| year | AC No. | AC name | Type of AC | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner-up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2011 | 238 | Bandwan | (ST) | Besra Susanta | M | CPM | 87183 | Sital Chandra Hembram | M | INC | 65163 |
| 2006 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Upendra Nath Hansda | M | CPI(M) | 55486 | Kamala Kanta Mandi | M | BJP | 24842 |
| 2001 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Upendranath Hansda | M | CPM | 48299 | Birsing Murmu | M | JMM | 32403 |
| 1996 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Lakhiram Kisku | M | CPM | 53680 | Sital Chandra Hembram | M | INC | 18097 |
| 1991 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Lakhi Ram Kisku | M | CPM | 46007 | Bir Singh Murmu | M | JMM | 21383 |
| 1987 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Lakshi Ram Kisku | M | CPM | 43454 | Ramprasad Hansda | M | INC | 27622 |
| 1982 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Sudhangshu Sarkar Majhi | M | CPM | 34465 | Panchanan Soren | M | IND | 19524 |
| 1977 | 233 | Banduan | (ST) | Sudhangshu Sekhar Majhi | M | CPM | 12165 | Buddeswar Majhi | M | INC | 8721 |
| 1972 | 220 | Banduan | (ST) | Sital Chandra Hembram | M | INC | 14609 | Ramesh Majhi | M | CPM | 9362 |
| 1971 | 220 | Banduan | (ST) | Sital Chandra Hembram | M | INC | 11954 | Kandru Majhi | M | LSS | 11383 |
| 1969 | 220 | Banduan | (ST) | Budheswar Majhi | M | INC | 17511 | Kandru Majhi | M | LSS | 16078 |
| 1967 | 220 | Banduan | (ST) | K . Majhi | M | IND | 18740 | B . Majhi | M | INC | 13140 |
| 1962 | 198 | Banduan | (ST) | Kandru Majhi | M | LSS | 13043 | Sarada Prasad Kisku | M | INC | 10003 |
Last Updated on May 27, 2020