Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

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

Jamalpur
Constituency No. 262 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Jamalpur Assembly Constituency
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
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962JamalpurMrityunjoy PramanikIndian National Congress[2]
1967Puranjoy Pramanik[3]
1969Basudeb MalikBangla Congress[4]
1971Kalipada DasMarxist Forward Bloc[5]
1972Puranjoy PramanikIndian National Congress[6]
1977Sunil SantraMarxist Forward Bloc[7]
1982Sunil SantraIndependent[8]
1987Sunil Santra[9]
1991Samar HazraCommunist Party of India[10]
1996Samar Hazra[11]
2001Samar Hazra[12]
2006Samar HazraIndependent[13][14]
2011Ujjal PramanikAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Samar HazraCommunist Party of India[16][17]
2021Alok Kumar MajhiAll India Trinamool Congress [18]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Jamalpur[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAlok Kumar Majhi96,99946.93 3.14
BJPBalaram Bapari79,02838.23 30.37
CPI(M)Samar Hazra23,29811.27 33.26
BSPGaurhari Patra2,0240.98 0.01
BMUPKartick Khetrapal1,2910.62
CPI(ML)LTarun Kanti Majhi1,1850.57
NOTANone of the above2,8651.39
Turnout206,690
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Samar Hazra85,49144.53-2.74
AITCUjjal Pramanik84,06843.79-4.94
BJPPallab Kumar Roy15,0947.86+6.07
NOTANone of the above2,6161.36+1.36
BSPBankim Santra1,9020.99
Turnout1,91,98688.60-3.8
CPI(M) gain from AITCSwing

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCUjjal Pramanik84,43448.73+15.38#
MFBSamar Hazra81,89147.27-16.34
BJPSubrata Mallick3,1021.79
People’s Democratic Conference of IndiaRabindranath Bag1,721
JDPPratap Malik1,149
BSPSuranjan Halder958
Turnout173,25592.4
AITC gain from MFBSwing+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]

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