Sainthia Assembly constituency


Sainthia is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 289, Sainthia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sainthia municipality, Banagram, Deriapur, Fulur, Horisara, Hatora and Mathpalsa gram panchayats of Sainthia CD Block, Angar Garia, Bhutura, Charicha, Mohammad Bazar, Deucha and Puranagram gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block, and Suri II CD Block.
Sainthia Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Piya Saha of BJP.

2016

In the 2016 elections, Nilabati Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI.

2011

In the 2011 elections, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI defeated his nearest rival, Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI vote percentage that year, for the now-defunct Mahammad Bazar constituency in 2006.