{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{About|the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|its namesake community development block|Manikchak|its namesake village|Manikchak, Malda}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Manikchak | 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/Manikchak.map}} | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Manikchak Assembly Constituency | map_alt = | mla = Gour Chandra Mandal | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | alliance = | latest_election_year = 2026 | state = West Bengal | district = Malda | loksabha_cons = Maldaha Dakshin | constituency_no = 49 | established = 1951 | electors = 253,353 | reservation = None | abolished = }}

'''Manikchak Assembly constituency''' is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

==Overview== As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 49 Manikchak Assembly constituency covers Manikchak community development block, and Milki, Fulbaria and Sovanagar gram panchayats of English Bazar 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>

Manikchak Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (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 |- |1951 |Pashupati Jha |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1957 !colspan="3"|''No seat'' |- |1962 |Sowrindra Mohan Misra |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1967 |R.S. Singhi |{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}} |- |1969 |Arun Chandra Jha |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- |1971 |rowspan="2"|Jokhilal Mandal |- |1972 |- |1977 |Subodh Choudhary |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}} |- |1982 |rowspan="2"|Jokhilal Mandal |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1987 |- |1991 |Subodh Choudhary |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}} |- |1996 |Ram Probesh Mondal |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |2001 |rowspan="2"|Asima Chowdhuri |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}} |- |2006 |- |2011 |Sabitri Mitra |{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |- |2016 |Md. Mottakin Alam |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |2021 |Sabitri Mitra |{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |}

==Election results== === 2026 === {{Election box begin|title=2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Manikchak<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 = Gour Chandra Mandal |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:110118}} |percentage = 48.86 |change = +11.97 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Kabita Mandal |votes = {{formatnum:96180}} |percentage = 42.68 |change = -10.58 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ansarul Hoque(Kalu Pradhan) |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:9201}} |percentage = 4.08 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Debajyoti Sinha (Babu) |votes = {{formatnum:6499}} |percentage = 2.88 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1201}} |percentage = 0.53 |change = -0.13 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:13938}} |percentage = 6.18 |change = -10.19 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:225363}} |percentage = 95.28 |change = +13.58 }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = BJP |loser = Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2021 === {{Election box begin | title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Manikchak<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 = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Sabitri Mitra |votes = {{formatnum:110234}} |percentage = 53.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Gour Chand Mandal |votes = {{formatnum:76356}} |percentage = 36.89 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Md. Mottakin Alam |votes = {{formatnum:11555}} |percentage = 5.58 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Anil Ch. Mandal |votes = {{formatnum:2743}} |percentage = 1.33 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1367}} |percentage = 0.66 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:33878}} |percentage = 16.37 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:206991}} |percentage = 81.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = All India Trinamool Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2016 === {{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Manikchak constituency<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="election2013">{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=49| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602184855/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=49| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 2 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Manikchak | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Md. Mottakin Alam |votes = 78472 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = All India Trinamool Congress |candidate = Sabitri Mitra |votes = 65869 |percentage = |change = -2.54 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian People's Forward Bloc |candidate = |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = |percentage = 80.14 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = All India Trinamool Congress |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2011 === In the 2011 elections, Sabitri Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Ratna Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Manikchak constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref name="vidhansabha2011"/>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party = All India Trinamool Congress |candidate = Sabitri Mitra |votes = 64,641 |percentage = 46.20 |change = +4.23# }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Ratna Bhattacharya |votes = 58,424 |percentage = 41.75 |change = -2.54 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Dipankar Panday |votes = 8,003 |percentage = 5.72 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian People's Forward Bloc |candidate = Lutpha Khatub |votes = 5,194 |percentage = 3.71 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Chanchala Karmakar |votes = 3,668 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 139,930 |percentage = 80.14 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = All India Trinamool Congress |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing = +6.77# }} {{Election box end}}

Ramprabesh Mandal, who had filed his nomination as an Independent candidate was a rebel Congress candidate. He withdrew on the last day for withdrawal of nominations.<ref name="election2012">{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110405/jsp/siliguri/story_13810000.jsp| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120913061558/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110405/jsp/siliguri/story_13810000.jsp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 13 September 2012|title = Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend | publisher =The Telegraph, 5 April 2011 |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>

<small>.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

=== 2006 === In the 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, Asima Chowdhuri of CPI(M) won the Manikchak assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ram Probesh Mondal of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ram Probesh Mondal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary 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> Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) defeated Ram Probesh Mondal 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> Jokhilal Mandal of Congress in 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> Jokhilal Mandal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary 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> Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) defeated Jokhilal Mandal 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/Partycomp47.htm | title = 47 - Manikchak Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

=== 1972 === Jokhilal Mandal 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> and 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> Arun Chandra Jha of Congress won in 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> R.S.Singhi of Swatantra Party 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> Sowrindra Mohan Misra of Congress 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> The Manikchak seat was not there 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> In independent India's first election in 1951, Pashupati Jha of Congress won from the Manikchak seat.<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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