Nandigram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 210 Nandigram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nandigram I and Nandigram II community development blocks.

Nandigram Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly 1951 to 1967

1967 to Present Nandigram ElectionMemberParty 1967Bhupal Chandra Panda 1969 1971 1972 1977 Prabir Chandra Jana 1982 Bhupal Chandra Panda 1987Sakti Bal 1991 1996 Debi Sankar Panda 2001 Sheikh Mohammad Illias 2006 2009^ Phiroja Bibi 2011 2016Suvendu Adhikari 2021 2026 2026^

^ denotes by-election

Election results

2026 by-election

2026

2021

2016

2011

2009 by-election The bypoll to the Nandigram Occurred On 5 January 2009 Due To Resignation of the sitting MLA of CPI Md. Iliyas Sk.

. Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage, in 2006. Data for comparison not available for the 2009 by-election.

2009 In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA Sheikh Mohammad Illias on corruption charges, held in January 2009 in the background of Nandigram violence, Firoja Bibi of Trinamool Congress defeated Paramananda Bharati of CPI.

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Sheikh Mohammad Illias of CPI won the 206 Nandigram assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Sk. Supian of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Sunil Baran Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Debisankar Panda of Congress defeated Sakti Bal of CPI in 1996. Sakti Bal of CPI defeated Debi Sankar Panda of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI defeated Ramesh Chandra Gharai of Congress in 1982. Prabir Jana of Janata Party defeated Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI in 1977.

2006

2001

1996

1991

1987

1982

1977

1972 Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Nandigram had two seats, Nandigram North and Nandigram South.

1962 Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won in 1962. Bhupal Chandra Panda of CPI won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Prabir Chandra Jana of Congress won the Nandigram South seat.

See also 2021 Nandigram controversy

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