Purbasthali Dakshin

Purbasthali Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Purbasthali Dakshin Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Purbasthali Dakshin Purbasthali Dakshin (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°28′04″N88°19′46″E / 23.46778°N 88.32944°E / 23.46778; 88.32944 Coordinates: 23°28′04″N88°19′46″E / 23.46778°N 88.32944°E / 23.46778; 88.32944
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	268
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	38. Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Electorate (year)	190,763 (2011)

Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali and Nadanghat constituencies ceased to exist and in its place Purbasthali now has two assembly constituencies. No. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha) constituency covers Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur gram panchayats of Kalna I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bogpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat gram panchayats of Purbasthali I community development block. No. 269 Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha 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. ^[1]

Purbasthali assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission both Purbasthali Dakshin and Purbasthali Uttar are part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Purbasthali	Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress [3]
1957		Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress [4]
1962		Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress [5]
1967		Lalit Mohan Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1967	Nadanghat	P.C.Gswami	Indian National Congress [7]
1969	Purbasthali	Mollah Humayun Kabir	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1969	Nadanghat	Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1971	Purbasthali	Mollah Humuayn Kabir	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1971	Nadanghat	Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1972	Purbasthali	Nurunessa Satta	Indian National Congress [12]
1972	Nadanghat	Paresh Chandra	Indian National Congress [13]
1977	Purbasthali	Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1977	Nadanghat	Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1982	Purbasthali	Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
1982	Nadanghat	Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
1987	Purbasthali	Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
1987	Nadanghat	Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
1991	Purbasthali	Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [20]
1991	Nadanghat	Biren Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [21]
1996	Purbasthali	Himansu Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [22]
1996	Nadanghat	Biren Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [23]
2001	Purbasthali	Subrata Bhowal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [24]
2001	Nadanghat	Ratan Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [25]
2006	Purbasthali	Subrata Bhowal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [26] [27]
2006	Nadanghat	Swapan Debnath	All India Trinamool Congress [28] [29]
2011	Purbasthali Dakshin	Swapan Debnath	All India Trinamool Congress [30]
2016		Swapan Debnath	All India Trinamool Congress [31] [32]
2021		Swapan Debnath	All India Trinamool Congress [33]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Purbasthali Dakshin ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Debnath	105,698	49.08	+0.77
	BJP	Rajib Kumar Bhowmick	88,268	41.00	+78.47
	INC	Abhijt Bhattacharya	15,061	6.99	-77.43
	BSP	Surajit Mondal	3,105	1.44
	PMPT	Santosh Kumar Adhikary	1,639	0.76
	NOTA	None of the above	1,562	0.73
Turnout			215,353
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Purbasthali Dakshin ^{[34] [35] [36]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Debnath	104,398	53.40	+3.58#
	INC	Abhijit Bhattacharya	66,732	34.10	+34.10
	BJP	Rajib Kumar Bhowmick	19,003	9.70	+3.48
	PDS	Nasimul Gani Syed	1,555	0.80
	CPI(ML)L	Jiyadul Sheikh	1,318	0.70
	BSP	Manoranjan Bal	1,223	0.60
	Independent	Ram Hansda	796	0.40
	Independent	Abdul Kalam Sheikh	796	0.30
Majority			37,666	19.3
Turnout			195,627	88.5
	AITC hold		Swing	+3.58#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages in 2011, in Purbasthali Dakshin constituency.

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Purbasthali Dakshin ^{[34] [37] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Debnath	86,049	49.72	+0.10#
	CPI (M)	Aleaya Begam	70,181	40.56	-3.35#
	BJP	Mahadeb Basak	10,765	6.22
	Independent	Ram Hansda	1,818
	PDS	Badrodojja Molla	1,676
	CPI(ML)L	Irai Sekh	1,385
	BSP	Kanai Lal Pandey	1,172
Turnout			173,036	90.71
	AITC hold		Swing	+3.45#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Nadanghat constituency.

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