Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Uluberia Purba | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Uluberia Purba   Uluberia Purba Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°28′00″N 88°07′00″E / 22.46667°N 88.11667°ECoordinates: 22°28′00″N 88°07′00″E / 22.46667°N 88.11667°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Constituency No. | 176 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 26. Uluberia |
| Electorate (year) | 176,255 (2011) |
Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, while Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) came into existence in 2011, Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceased to exist from the same year.[1]
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, the newly constituted No. 176 Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Uluberia municipality, and Khalisani and Raghudevpur gram panchayats of Uluberia II community development block.[1]
Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Uluberia Purba | Haider Aziz Safwi | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Election results
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Haider Aziz Safwi | 68,975 | 46.48 | +3.38# | |
| CPI(M) | Mohan Mondal | 49,391 | 33.28 | -15.12# | |
| BJP | Papiya Mandal | 21,530 | 14.51 | ||
| Independent | Sekh Sajahan | 2,926 | |||
| BSP | Sunil Singh | 1,226 | |||
| Independent | Manujendralal Mukherjee | 1,133 | |||
| Independent | Lakshmikanta Hazra | 911 | |||
| JD(U) | Bikash Kumar Dutta | 853 | |||
| Indian Unity Centre | Sk Marful Islam | 758 | |||
| Independent | Musiyar Molla | 707 | |||
| Turnout | 148,410 | 84.2 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the now-defunct Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 15 |  13 |
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 |  11 |
| Forward bloc | 0 | 3 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Uluberia Purba. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.