Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Pursurah
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Pursurah is located in West Bengal
Pursurah
Pursurah
Location in West Bengal
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Constituency No. 199
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 29. Arambagh (SC)
Electorate (year) 213,942 (2011)

Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 199 Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Pursurah Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[2]
1969 Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[3]
1971 Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[4]
1972 Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[5]
1977 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982 Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[7]
1987 Bishnupada Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991 Bishnupada Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996 Nimai Mal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2001 Nimai Mal Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2006 Saumendra Nath Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011 Parvez Rahaman All India Trinamool Congress][13]

Election results

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 % ±%
Trinamool Congress 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
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing 35.32#

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

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Hooghly district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 16 Increase14
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 Decrease12
Forward bloc 1 Decrease2
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2


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

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