Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Constituency No. | 289 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 42. Birbhum |
| Electorate (year) | 190,037 (2011) |
Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a newly constituted constituency.
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 289 Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Sainthia municipality, Banagram, Deriapur, Fulur, Horisara, Hatora and Mathpalsa gram panchayats of Sainthia community development block, Angargaria, Bhutura, Charicha, Mahamad Bazar, Deucha and Puranagram gram panchayats of Mahammad Bazar community development block, and Suri II community development block.[1]
Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
2011
In the 2001 elections, Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dhiren Bagdi | 77,512 | 46.91 | -6.83# | |
| Trinamool Congress | Parikhit Bala | 73,194 | 44.29 | +1.13# | |
| BJP | Shibnath Saha | 8,786 | 5.32 | ||
| Independent | Madan Chandra Dhuli | 5,761 | |||
| Turnout | 165,253 | 86.96 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -7.46# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage that year, for the now-defunct Mahammad Bazar constituency in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 6 |  5 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  4 |
| Forward Bloc | 1 | 2 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
