Jamuria
Constituency No. 279 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
LS constituencyAsansol
Established1957
Total electors175,237
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Jamuria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 279 Jamuria assembly constituency covers Wards nos. 1-12, 32 of Asansol Municipal Corporation, Jamuria CD Block, and Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block[1]

Jamuria assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1957 Amarendra Mondal Praja Socialist Party[2]
1962 Amarendra Mondal Indian National Congress[2]
1967 Tinkori Mondal Samyukta Socialist Party[2]
1969 Amarendra Mondal Indian National Congress[2]
1971 Durgadas Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1972 Amarendra Mondal Indian National Congress[2]
1977 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]
1982 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1987 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1991 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1996 Pelab Kabi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
2001 Pelab Kabi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
2006 Dhirajlal Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Jahanara Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
2016 Jahanara Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
2021 Hareram Singh All India Trinamool Congress[11]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jamuria [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Hareram Singh 71,002 42.59 +4.30
BJP Tapas Kumar Roy 62,951 37.76 +13.57
CPI(M) Aishe Ghosh 24,818 14.89 -28.39
BSP Bhanu Pratap Sharma 2,409 1.45
NOTA None of the above 2,353 1.41
Majority 8,051 4.89
Turnout 1,66,933 75.39
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jamuria[12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jahanara Khan 67,214 43.28 -9.54
AITC V. Sivadasan (Dasu) 59,457 38.29 -4.41
BJP Santosh Singh 22,040 14.19 +9.71
NOTA None of the above 3,018 1.94 +1.94
Majority 7,757 5.00
Turnout 1,55,401 78.05
CPI(M) hold Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jamuria[12][15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jahanara Khan 72,411 52.82 -15.98
AITC Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee 58,538 42.70 +14.91#
BJP Pramod Pathak 6,146 4.48
Majority 13,873 10.12
Turnout 1,37,161 78.24
CPI(M) hold Swing -30.89#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly election, Dhirajlal Hazra of CPI (M) won the Jamuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapan Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Pelab Kabi of CPI (M) defeated Shiudashan Nayar of Trinamool Congress and Santosh Adhikari of Congress respectively. In 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, Bikash Chowdhury of CPI (M) defeated Tapas Banerjee of Congress, Biswanath Chakraborty of Congress, Pradip Bhattacharya of ICS and Chandra Sekhar of Congress in the respective years.[17]

1957-1972

The Jamuria seat was won by Amarendra Mondal of Congress in 1972, Durgadas Mondal of CPI (M) in 1971, Amarendra Mondal of Congress in 1969, Tinkori Mondal of Samyukta Socialist Party in 1967, and Amarendra Mondal of Congress in 1962. Amarendra Mondal representing Praja Socialist Party had won the Jamuria seat in 1957.

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. ^ a b c d e f Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol), (in Bengali), pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.
  3. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 352. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 345. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 352. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 361. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 369. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamuria. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  10. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamuria. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  11. ^ a b "West Bengal Assembly Election Result 2021: Jamuria Assembly Constituency Result 2021". Deccan Herald. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Jamuria". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  13. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamuria. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  14. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamuria. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jamuria. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  16. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Jamuria. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  17. ^ "262 - Jamuria Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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