Dadara-Paschim Lok Sabha constituency

Dadara–Paschim
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Abayat Ibtiyaz
Parliamentary Party	National People's Congress
Elected Year	2022
Constituency Details
Established	2019-present
State	Kamrupa
Most Successful Party	National People's Congress (4 times)

Dadara–Paschim (earlier National List Lok Sabha constituency) is a constituency represented in the Lok Sabha, the unicameral legislature of Vishwamitra and is one of the 3 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Kamrupa, the other two being Dadara and Chandrapur. This constituency was created in 2019 after the delimitation carried out to increase the seats of the Lok Sabha from the existing 28 to 32.

The constituency was abolished prior to the 2020 general election but was re-created in January 2021 ahead of the March 2021 general election.

History

The constituency was created in June 2019 under an act of the parliament to increase the composition of the Lok Sabha. Thereupon, four new constituencies were created to elect members of the house. By-elections were held on 3 June 2019 and the results were declared were declared thereupon. The ruling Friends Societal Congress (now the NPC) was victorious in 3 of the 4 constituencies of which one was the National List constituency. Pallavi Rai of the NPC was elected to the parliament from the constituency.

The constituency ceased to exist in March 2020 and was re-created in January 2021 ahead of the March 2021 general election. The constituency was thereupon won by Chris Ramsay of the opposition Royalist Party of Vishwamitra who later resigned from the house in July 2021. Ested Vlasyn of the National People's Congress was elected from the constituency in a bye-election held thereupon defeating Thomas Bainbridge of the Royalist Party.

In the November 2021 general election to the 14th Lok Sabha, David Brooke of the Green Socialist Party defeated William Cooper of the NPC and was elected to the house. However, within a fortnight, he resigned from the house after receiving immense backlash during the Brooke coercement scandal. Upon his resignation, the seat fell vacant and a bye-election was held in which Matthew Tonna of the NPC was victorious and went on to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

In the 2022 general election, Abayat Ibtiyaz of the NPC was elected unopposed from the constituency.

Members of parliament

Year	Lok Sabha	Members of parliament	Party
2019	11th Lok Sabha	Pallavi Rai		Friends Societal Congress
Constituency did not exist (2020–2021)
Mar 2021	13th Lok Sabha	Chris Ramsay		Royalist Party of Vishwamitra
Jul 2021		Ested Vlasyn		National People's Congress
Nov 2021	14th Lok Sabha	David Brooke		Green Socialist Party
Dec 2021		Matthew Tonna		National People's Congress
Nov 2022	15th Lok Sabha	Abayat Ibtiyaz

Election results

General election 2022

2022 Vishwamitran general election: National List

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Abayat Ibtiyaz	N/A	100	N/A
Majority			N/A	100	N/A
	NPC hold

By-election December 2021

Bye-election December 2021: National List

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Matthew Tonna	7	70
	SDP	Kaarel Luikmel	3	30
Majority			4	40	N/A
	NPC gain from GSP

General election November 2021

November 2021 Vishwamitran general election: National List

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green Socialist Party	David Brooke	6	60	N/A
	NPC	William Cooper	4	40	N/A
Majority			2	20	N/A
	GSP gain from NPC

By-election July 2021

Bye-election July 2021: National List

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPC	Ested Vlasyn	5	71.4
	RPV	Thomas Bainbridge	2	28.6
Majority			3	42.8	N/A
	NPC gain from RPV

General election March 2021

March 2021 Vishwamitran general election: National List

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPV	Chris Ramsay	5	71.4	N/A
	NPC	Sampriti Paul	2	28.6	N/A
Majority			3	42.8	N/A
	RPV win

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha