Memari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 265 Memari assembly constituency covers Memari municipality, Memari I community development block, and Kuchut, Satgachhia II gram panchayats of Memari II community development block.
As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency. Memari assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year NameParty1962Suchand Soren1967P. Bishayee1969Benoy Krishna Konar19711972Naba Kumar Chatterjee1977Benoy Krishna Konar1982Maharani Konar198719911996Tapas Chattopadhyay20012006Sandhya Bhattacharya2011Abul Hasem Mondal2016Nargis Begum2021Madhusudan Bhattacharya2026 Manab Guha
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
2006 Sandhya Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Memari assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sk. Mohammad Ismile of Trinamool Congress in the 2006 assembly elections. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Tapas Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Syed Mustaq Murshed of Trinamool Congress and Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Maharani Konar of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Ohidmolla, Naba Kumar Chatterjee and Sabyasachi Samanta, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Benoy Konar of CPI(M) defeated Surya Narayan Pal of Janata Party.
1972 Naba Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Krishna Konar of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. P.Bishayee won in 1967. In 1962, Suchand Soren of CPI won the Memari seat reserved for scheduled tribes. Prior to that the seat did not exist.
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