Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sainthia is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Mahammad Bazar ceases to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Sainthia is a newly constituted constituency.OverviewAs 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. Sainthia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results2011In the 2001 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.