Monteswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 263 Monteswar assembly constituency covers Baghsan, Vagra Mulgram, Denur, Jamna, Kusumgram, Majhergram, Mamudpur I, Monteswar, Pipalan and Shushunia gram panchayats of Manteswar community development block and Barapalason I, Barapalason II, Bohar I, Bohar II, Bijur I, Bijur II and Satgachhia I gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.
As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency. Monteswar assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly YearNameParty1951Ananda Prasad Mandal1957Bhakta Chandra Roy1962Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah1967N. C. Chaudhuri1969Kashinath Hazra Choudhury19711972Tuhin Kumar Samanta1977Hemanta Kumar Roy1982Hemanta Roy19871991Abu Ayesh Mondal199620012006Chaudhuri Mohammad Hedayetullah20112016Sajal Panja2016^Saikat Panja2021Siddiqullah Chowdhury2026Saikat Panja
^ denotes by-election
Election results 2026
2021
2016 by-election
2016
2011
2006 Narayan Hazra Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress lost the Monteswar Assembly seat in 2006 defeated by Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah of CPI(M) . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996 and 1991, Abu Ayesh Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Narayan Hazara Choudhury of Trinamool Congress, Debabrata Roy of Congress and Biseswar Bhattacharya of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Hemanta Roy of CPI(M) defeated Tuhin Samanta of Congress.
1972 In 1972, Tuhin Samanta of Congress won the seat. In 1971 and 1969, Kashinath Hazra Choudhury of CPI(M) won the seat. N.C.Chaudhuri of Congress won the seat in 1967. Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah of CPI won the seat in 1962. Bhakta Chandra Roy (Independent) won the seat in 1957. Ananda Prasad Mondal of Congress won the seat in independent India's first election in 1951.
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