Bandwan Assembly Election Results

Bandwan Assembly Constituency

Bandwan is constituency No. 238 of West Bengal legislative assembly. It is situated in Purulia district and comes under Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency. Both Bandwan and its corresponding Lok Sabha constituency Jhargram are reserved for scheduled tribes (ST).

According to data with the Election Commission of India, Bandwan has 2,23,789 registered voters. It comprises 1,14,164 male and 1,09,625 female registered voters.

In the 2011 Assembly elections, the CPI(M) won this seat by 22,020 votes. Besra Susanta, the winning CPI(M) candidate, got 87,183 votes. The nearest contender was Sital Chandra Hembram of the Congress who got 65,163 votes. The voter turnout was 80.52 %

Sitting and previous MLAs from Bandwan Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Bandwan assembly elections conducted so far.

year	AC No.	AC name	Type of AC	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner-up	Gender	Party	Vote
2011	238	Bandwan	(ST)	Besra Susanta	M	CPM	87183	Sital Chandra Hembram	M	INC	65163
2006	233	Banduan	(ST)	Upendra Nath Hansda	M	CPI(M)	55486	Kamala Kanta Mandi	M	BJP	24842
2001	233	Banduan	(ST)	Upendranath Hansda	M	CPM	48299	Birsing Murmu	M	JMM	32403
1996	233	Banduan	(ST)	Lakhiram Kisku	M	CPM	53680	Sital Chandra Hembram	M	INC	18097
1991	233	Banduan	(ST)	Lakhi Ram Kisku	M	CPM	46007	Bir Singh Murmu	M	JMM	21383
1987	233	Banduan	(ST)	Lakshi Ram Kisku	M	CPM	43454	Ramprasad Hansda	M	INC	27622
1982	233	Banduan	(ST)	Sudhangshu Sarkar Majhi	M	CPM	34465	Panchanan Soren	M	IND	19524
1977	233	Banduan	(ST)	Sudhangshu Sekhar Majhi	M	CPM	12165	Buddeswar Majhi	M	INC	8721
1972	220	Banduan	(ST)	Sital Chandra Hembram	M	INC	14609	Ramesh Majhi	M	CPM	9362
1971	220	Banduan	(ST)	Sital Chandra Hembram	M	INC	11954	Kandru Majhi	M	LSS	11383
1969	220	Banduan	(ST)	Budheswar Majhi	M	INC	17511	Kandru Majhi	M	LSS	16078
1967	220	Banduan	(ST)	K . Majhi	M	IND	18740	B . Majhi	M	INC	13140
1962	198	Banduan	(ST)	Kandru Majhi	M	LSS	13043	Sarada Prasad Kisku	M	INC	10003