Jamalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jamalpur
Jamalpur
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Jamalpur Location in West Bengal Jamalpur Jamalpur (India)
	Coordinates: 23°04′N 87°59′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	262
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Electorate (year)	187,502 (2011)

Jamalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat 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]

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Jamalpur [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Samar Hazra	85,291	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	19.02	0.99
Turnout			1,91,986	88.60	-3.8
	CPI (M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jamalpur [5][6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Ujjal Pramanik	84,434	48.73	+15.38#
	MFB	Samar Hazra	81,850	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.


West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011 Bardhaman district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	15	13
Indian National Congress	1	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	13
Forward bloc	1	0
Marxist Forward Bloc	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

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.[8]

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.[9]

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
"Jamalpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamalpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamalpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"Jamalpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamalpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamalpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"274 – Jamalpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
"Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.

[2] "Jamalpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamalpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamalpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[5] "Jamalpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

[6] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamalpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[7] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamalpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[8] "274 – Jamalpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

[9] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-08-29.