Manbazar is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 243 Manbazar Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Manbazar I and Puncha community development blocks; Chatumadar, Daldali and Manguria Lalpur gram panchayats of Hura community development block.
Manbazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly YearMemberParty1952Nitai Singh Sardar Satya Kinkar Mahato1957 Satya Kinkar Mahato Chaitan Majhi 1962Girish Mahato 1967 1969 1971Sitaram Mahato 1972 1977 Nakul Chandra Mahata 1982Kamala Kanta Mahato 1987 1991 1996 2001Shyamapyari Mahata 2006 2011Sandhya Rani Tudu 2016 2021 2026 Mayna Murmu
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006 In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamya Pyari Mahato of CPI(M) won the Manbazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress and Sitaram Mahato of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakanta Mahato of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1996, Nirmal Prasad Mahato of Congress in 1991, and Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Nakul Chandra Mahata of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of Congress in 1977.
1972 Sitaram Mahato of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Girish Mahato of Lok Sewak Sangh/ Independent won in 1969, 1967 and 1962. In 1957 Manbazar was a joint seat with one seat reserved for ST. Chaitan Majhi and Satya Kinkar Mahato, both contesting as Independents, won in 1957.
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