Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency

Purbasthali Dakshin
Constituency No. 268 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman Purba
Established	1951
Total electors	190,763
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swapan Debnath
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly 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, No. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly 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. ^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Following are the members of the legislative assembly from Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency over the years.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Bimalananda Tarkatirtha		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Lalit Mohan Hazra		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969	Mollah Humayun Kabir
1971
1972	Nurunnesa Sattar		Indian National Congress
1977	Manoranjan Nath		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996	Himansu Dutta
2001	Subrata Bhowal
2006
2011	Swapan Debnath		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Purbasthali Dakshin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	LF
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Purbasthali Dakshin ^[2]

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 ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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 ^{[3] [6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Debnath	86,039	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 Purbasthali constituency.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
2. "Purbasthali Dakshin Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
3. "Purbasthali Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Purbasthali Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Purbasthali Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Purbasthali Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Purbasthali Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.