Suri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Suri | |
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| Constituency No. 285 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Suri Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| LS constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 198,677 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Bikash Roy Chowdhury | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 285, Suri Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Suri municipality, Suri I CD Block, Rajnagar CD Block, and Chinpai, Gohaliara, Parulia and Sahapur gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block.[1]
Suri Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bikash Roy Chowdhury | 105,871 | 48.80 |  1.12 | |
| BJP | Jagannath Chattopadhyay | 98,551 | 45.50 | 29.22 | |
| INC | Chanchal Chatterjee | 8,267 | 3.80 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Nitai Ankur | 2,084 | 1.00 | ||
| BSP | Khurshid Alam | 1,318 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 7,320 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asok Chattopadhyay | 94,036 | 47.68 |  3.89 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 62,228 | 31.55 | 8.85 | |
| BJP | Joy Banerjee | 32,112 | 16.28 | 12.39 | |
| Independent | Sunil Soren | 2,748 | 1.39 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Swadhin Dului | 1,928 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,188 | 2.12 | N/A | |
| Majority | 31,808 | 16.13 | +4.96 | ||
| Turnout | 197,240 | 83.61 | -2.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 235,902 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Ghaffar of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Kanti Ghosh | 88,244 | 51.57 | +5.15# | |
| CPI(M) | Abdul Gaffar | 69,127 | 40.40 | -8.11 | |
| BJP | Partha Pratim De | 6,649 | 3.89 | ||
| Independent | Maniruddin Sheikh | 3,926 | |||
| Independent | Ujjwal Kumar Sow Mondal | 2,009 | |||
| Independent | Rabilal Hembram | 1,168 | |||
| Turnout | 171,123 | 86.13 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +13.26# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Tapan Roy of CPI(M) won the Suri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Braja Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Tapan Roy of CPI(M) in 1996. Tapan Roy of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Keshab Das of CPI(M) in 1982 and Arun Kumar Chowdhury in 1977.[5]
1951–1972
Suniti Chattaraj of Congress won in 1972. Prativa Mukherjee of SUC in 1971 and 1969. Baidyanath Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Suri was a joint seat with one seat being reserved for scheduled tribes. Turku Hansda of CPI and Mihirlal Chatterjee of PSP won in 1957. Nishapati Majhi and Gopika Bilas Sengupta, both of Congress, won in 1951.[6]