Purbasthali Assembly constituency
Purbasthali | |
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Former constituency No. 279 for the Katwa | |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Reservation | None |
Purbasthali Assembly constituency was an
state of West Bengal
.
Election results
1977 - 2006
Subrata Bhowal of
Trinamool Congress. In 1996, Himangshu Dutta of CPI (M) defeated Ansar Mondal of Indian National Congress. In 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, Manoranjan Nath of CPI (M) won the seat defeating Swapan Bhattacharya of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mukul Bhattacharya of Congress, Manabendra Kumar Roy of Congress and Rama Devi of Janata Party, in the respective years.[1]
1951-1972
In 1972, Nurunessa Sattar of Congress won the Purbasthali assembly seat. Molla Humayun Kabir won the seat in 1971 and 1969. Lalit Mohan Hazra of CPI (M) won it in 1967. Bimalananda Tarkatirtha of Congress won the seat in
1951.[2]
Impact of delimitation
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali Assembly constituency and
Kalna I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bogpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat gram panchayats of Purbasthali I community development block. 269 Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency covers Purbasthali II community development block, Jahannagar and Dogachia gram panchayats of Purbasthali I CD Block, and Bamunpara, Mamudpur II and Putsuri gram panchayats of Manteswar CD Block.[3]
Purbasthali assembly segment was earlier part of
Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
References
- ^ "279 – Purbasthali 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.
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-21.