Pursurah Assembly constituency

Pursurah Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Pursurah
Constituency No. 199 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Pursurah Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencyArambagh
Established1967
Total electors213,942
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 199 Pursurah Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Pursurah community development block, along with Arunda, Balipur, Rammohan I, Rammohan II and Tantisal gram panchayats of Khanakul I community development block, and Harinkhola I and Harinkhola II gram panchayats of Arambagh community development block.[1]

Pursurah Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1967PursurahSanti Mohan RoyIndian National Congress[2]
1969Santi Mohan RoyIndian National Congress[3]
1971Mahadeb MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[4]
1972Mahadeb MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[5]
1977Manoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982Santi Mohan RoyIndian National Congress[7]
1987Bishnupada BeraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991Bishnupada BeraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996Nimai MalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2001Nimai MalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2006Saumendra Nath BeraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011Parvez RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2016Dr. M. NuruzzamanAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Biman GhoshBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Pursurah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Biman Ghosh 119,334 53.50 +44.62
TMC Dilip Yadav 91,156 40.86 -10.24
INC Monika Malik Ghosh 7,828 3.51 -33.45
NOTA None of the above 2,788 1.25 -0.52
Independent Chiranjit Barik 1,968 0.88
Turnout 223,074 88.55 +2.22
BJP gain from TMC Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Pursurah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Dr. M. Nuruzzaman 105,275 51.10
INC Pratim Singha Roy 76,148 36.96 -19.67
BJP Subhendu Mukherjee 18,296 8.88
NOTA None of the above 3,646 1.77
Independent Jhantu Saha 2,649 1.29
Turnout 206,014 86.33 -3.23
TMC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Sk. Parvez Rahman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Soumendranath Bera of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pursurah [13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Parvez Rahaman 107,794 56.26 +15.65#
CPI(M) Soumendranath Bera 76,104 39.72 -19.67
BJP Sukumar Dhara 7,718 4.03
Turnout 191,616 89.56
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 35.32#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006[12] state assembly elections Saumendranath Bera of CPI(M) won the Pursurah assembly seat defeating Sk. Parvez Rahman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nimai Mal of CPI(M) defeated Sk. Pervez Rahman of Trinamool Congress in 2001[11] and Gour Mohan Maity of Congress in 1996.[10] Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bibhuti Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991[9] and Santi Mohun Roy of Congress in 1987.[8] Santi Mohun Roy of Congress defeated Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) in 1982.[7] Manoranjan Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Durga Charan Chakrabarty of Janata Party in 1977.[6][15]

1967-1972

Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1972[5] and 1971.[4] Santi Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1969[3] and 1967.[2] Prior to that the Pursurah seat did not exist.

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Pursurah. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  15. "192 - Pursurah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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