Nandigram West Bengal Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2021: In West Bengal, Nandigram was the most significant battleground exactly where sitting chief minister Mamata Banerjee challenged her former cabinet colleague and now BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. The Nandigram assembly constituency comes below Purba Medinipur district, which is regarded as as the bastion of the Adhikari family members. Nandigram has a unique spot in West Bengal’s politics. It was the spot exactly where Mamata Banerjee launched her most significant political movement against the Left government in 2007. Suvendu Adhikari was her lieutenant in the movement. He himself has stated that it was he who made that movement productive. The Nandigram movement was the starting of the rise of Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. Mamata came to energy in 2011.
While the Left also has fielded its candidate Minakshi Mukherjee in Nandigram, the fight is anticipated to be among Mamata and Suvendu. Suvendu Adhikari is a sitting MLA from Nandigram. He won this assembly seat in 2016 on TMC ticket. In that election, Ashikari defeated CPI’s Abdul Kabir Sekh by more than 80,000 votes. Adhikari garnered 67.20 per cent votes whilst the Left leader had to settle with just 26.70 per cent votes. Before Adhikari, this seat was won by Firoja Bibi, who had also emerged victorious in 2009 byelection. In 2011, Bibi had trounced CPI’s Paramananda Bharati by more than 40,000 votes.
The Nandigram assembly seat falls below the Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency, which is presently held by Dibyendu Adhikari — the younger brother of Suvendu Adhikari. Nandigram is the most significant prestige battle for Mamata and Suvendu. Both the leaders are confident of winning the seat but pollsters say the fight is extremely close and either side can win the battle. Suvendu was earlier with the TMC but he left the party just months prior to the election. He joined the BJP last December.
Counting of votes will commence from 8 am on Sunday (May 2).