Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jamalpur
Constituency No. 262 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBardhaman Purba
Established1962
Total electors187,502
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Alok Kumar Majhi
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Jamalpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 262 Jamalpur (SC) assembly constituency covers Jamalpur community development block and Mugura gram panchayat of Raina I community development block.[1]

Jamalpur assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1962 Jamalpur Mrityunjoy Pramanik Indian National Congress[2]
1967 Puranjoy Pramanik[3]
1969 Basudeb Malik Bangla Congress[4]
1971 Kalipada Das Marxist Forward Bloc[5]
1972 Puranjoy Pramanik Indian National Congress[6]
1977 Sunil Santra Marxist Forward Bloc[7]
1982 Sunil Santra Independent[8]
1987 Sunil Santra[9]
1991 Samar Hazra Communist Party of India[10]
1996 Samar Hazra[11]
2001 Samar Hazra[12]
2006 Samar Hazra Independent[13][14]
2011 Ujjal Pramanik All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016 Samar Hazra Communist Party of India[16][17]
2021 Alok Kumar Majhi All India Trinamool Congress [18]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Jamalpur[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Alok Kumar Majhi 96,999 46.93 Increase3.14
BJP Balaram Bapari 79,028 38.23 Increase30.37
CPI(M) Samar Hazra 23,298 11.27 Decrease33.26
BSP Gaurhari Patra 2,024 0.98 Decrease0.01
BMUP Kartick Khetrapal 1,291 0.62
CPI(ML)L Tarun Kanti Majhi 1,185 0.57
NOTA None of the above 2,865 1.39
Turnout 206,690
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the MFB party, fought in this election with the symbol of CPI (M).

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Jamalpur[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Hazra 85,491 44.53 -2.74
AITC Ujjal Pramanik 84,068 43.79 -4.94
BJP Pallab Kumar Roy 15,094 7.86 +6.07
NOTA None of the above 2,616 1.36 +1.36
BSP Bankim Santra 1,902 0.99
Turnout 1,91,986 88.60 -3.8
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the MFB party, fought and won in this election with the symbol of CPI (M).

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jamalpur[19][20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ujjal Pramanik 84,434 48.73 +15.38#
MFB Samar Hazra 81,891 47.27 -16.34
BJP Subrata Mallick 3,102 1.79
People’s Democratic Conference of India Rabindranath Bag 1,721
JDP Pratap Malik 1,149
BSP Suranjan Halder 958
Turnout 173,255 92.4
AITC gain from MFB Swing +31.72#

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

1977-2006

In 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991, Samar Hazra, Marxist Forward Bloc won the Jamalpur (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Shankar Chandra Mallick of Trinamool Congress, Ajay Pramanik of Trinamool Congress, Baidyanath Das of Congress and Ajay Pramnik of Congress, in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987, 1982 and 1977, Sunil Santra, MFB, defeated Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress/ ICS.[22]

1962-1972

Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. Kalipada Das of MFB won the seat in 1971. Basudeb Pramanik of Bangla Congress won the seat in 1969. Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1967. Mrityunjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1962. Prior to that the seat did not exist.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 298. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 329. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 329. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 333. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 324. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 354. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 346. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 354. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 363. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 371-2. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 362. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  13. ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Jamalpur. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. ^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Jamalpur. Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Jamalpur. Elections.in. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Jamalpur". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Jamalpur". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Jamalpur Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Jamalpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamalpur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamalpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  22. ^ "274 – Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  23. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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