Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Purbasthali Uttar | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Purbasthali Uttar   Purbasthali Uttar Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 23°28′04″N 88°19′46″E / 23.46778°N 88.32944°ECoordinates: 23°28′04″N 88°19′46″E / 23.46778°N 88.32944°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bardhaman |
| Constituency No. | 269 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 38. Bardhaman Purba (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 188,997 (2011) |
Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: পূর্বস্থলী উত্তর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per 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, Bagpur, 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]
Election results
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Tapan Chatterjee | 68300 | 41.00 | -3.74# | |
| CPI(M) | Pradip Saha | 71,107 | 42.63 | 2.68# | |
| BJP | Swapan Bhattachrya | 17,222 | 10.32 | ||
| People's Democratic Conference of India | Amanullah Sekh | 5,394 | |||
| CPI(ML) Liberation | Ashoke Chowdhury | 2,159 | |||
| BSP | Sanjib Hazra | 1,957 | |||
| Turnout | 166,806 | 88.26 | |||
| CPI gain from Trinamool Congress | Swing | +9.42# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Purbasthali constituency.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 16 |  1 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 7 |  1 |
| Forward bloc | 0 | 1 |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 |
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ↑ "Purbasthali Uttar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Purbasthali Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Purbasthali Uttar. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.