Sainthia is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Birbhum district

Birbhum district

Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is located at Suri...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mahammad Bazar was an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 Mahammad Bazar ceases to exist from 2011...

 ceases to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a newly constituted constituency.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 289 Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Sainthia

Sainthia

Sainthia is a town and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is famous for Nandikeshwari Temple, one of the Shakti Peethas in India.-Geography:...

 municipality, Banagram, Deriapur, Fulur, Horisara, Hatora and Mathpalsa gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Sainthia community development block

Community Development Block in India

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, Angargaria, Bhutura, Charicha, Mahamad Bazar, Deucha and Puranagram gram panchayats of Mahammad Bazar

Mahammad Bazar

Mohammad Bazar is an administrative division in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mohammad Bazar police station serves this block...

 community development block, and Suri II community development block.

Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

Birbhum is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal...

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2011

In the 2001 elections , Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Parikshit Bala of Trinamool Congress.
.# 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

Mahammad Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mahammad Bazar was an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 Mahammad Bazar ceases to exist from 2011...

constituency in 2006.