{{Short description|Vidhan Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Maldaha | 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/Maldah.map}} | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Maldaha Assembly Constituency | map_alt = | state = West Bengal | district = Malda | loksabha_cons = Maldaha Uttar | constituency_no = 50 | established = 1951 | reservation = SC | abolished = | mla = Gopal Chandra Saha | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}} | latest_election_year = 2021 | electors = 245,962 }}
'''Maldaha Assembly constituency''' is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
==Overview== As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 50 Maldaha Assembly constituency (SC) covers Old Malda Municipality, Old Malda, Narhatta gram panchayat of English Bazar community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>
Maldah Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Name ! colspan=2|Party |- |rowspan="2"|1951 |Nikunja Behari Gupta |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |Raipada Das |{{Full party name with color|Independent}} |- |rowspan="2"|1957 |Nikunja Behari Gupta |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |Matia Murmu |- |1962 |Dharanidhar Sarkar |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |- |1967 |Md Sayeed Mia |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}} |- |1969 |rowspan="3"|Mahammad Gafurur Rahman |- |1971 |- |1972 |- |1972^ |Siddhartha Shankar Ray |- |1977 |Subhendu Chowdhury |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |- |1982 |Phani Bhusan Roy |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1987 |rowspan="2"|Subhendu Chowdhury |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}} |- |1991 |- |1996 |Phani Bhusan Roy |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |2001 |rowspan="2"|Subhendu Chowdhury |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}} |- |2006 |- |2011 |rowspan="2"|Bhupendra Nath Halder |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |2016 |- |2021 |Gopal Chandra Saha |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}
* ^ by-election
==Election results== === 2026 === {{Election box begin|title=2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha<ref name="election2026">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2026/27 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Gopal Chandra Saha |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:123656}} |percentage = 56.0 |change = {{increase}}10.77 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Lipika Barman Ghosh |votes = {{formatnum:73528}} |percentage = 33.3 |change = {{decrease}}4.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhupendra Nath |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:12977}} |percentage = 5.88 |change = {{decrease}}6.98 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dipak Barman |party = Communist Party of India |votes = {{formatnum:2332}} |percentage = 1.06 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2201}} |percentage = 1.0 |change = {{decrease}}0.36 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:50128}} |percentage = 22.7 |change = {{increase}}15.22 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:220797}} |percentage = 95.24 |change = {{increase}}11.29 }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = BJP |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2021 ===
In the 2021 election, Gopal Chandra Saha of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.
{{Election box begin | title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha<ref name="election2021">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14106-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021-including-ac-56-58/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Gopal Chandra Saha |votes = {{formatnum:93398}} |percentage = 45.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury |votes = {{formatnum:77942}} |percentage = 37.75 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Bhupendra Nath Halder |votes = {{formatnum:26563}} |percentage = 12.86 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Sujit Kumar Moulik |votes = {{formatnum:2128}} |percentage = 1.03 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2818}} |percentage = 1.36 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:15456}} |percentage = 7.48 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:206489}} |percentage = 83.95 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2016 === In the 2016 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dulal Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.
{{Election box begin | title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Bhupendra Nath Halder |votes = 88,243 |percentage = 48.36 |change = +1.81 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = All India Trinamool Congress |candidate = Dulal Sarkar (Babla) |votes = 54,934 |percentage = 30.10 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Gopal Chandra Saha |votes = 29,111 |percentage = 15.95 |change = +6.95 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jharkhand Disom Party |candidate = Swapan Sarkar |votes = 2,703 |percentage = 1.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = 2,204 |percentage = 1.21 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 33,309 |percentage = 18.25 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 1,82,564 |percentage = 86.41 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2011 === In the 2011 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="vidhansabha2011"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Bhupendra Nath Halder |votes = 68,155 |percentage = 46.55 |change = +3.43# }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Rahul Ranjan Das |votes = 57,400 |percentage = 39.21 |change = -1.94 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Kusum Roy |votes = 13,180 |percentage = 9.00 |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = IND |candidate = Niren Rajbanshi |votes = 3,066 |percentage = 2.09 |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = IND |candidate = Debashis Sarkar |votes = 2,352 |percentage = 1.60 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 10,755 |percentage = 7.35 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 1,46,469 |percentage = 86.39 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing = +5.37# }}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
=== 2006 === In 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) won the Maldaha (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress and Phani Bhusan Roy of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp45.htm | title = 45 - Malda (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>
=== 1972 === Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 1971<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> S.Mia of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won in independent India's first election in 1951.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
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