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 | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Prankrishna Tapadar | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purbasthali | |||
| 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 | Himanshu Dutta | ||
| 2001 | Subrata Bhowal | ||
| 2006 | |||
| Purbasthali Dakshin | |||
| 2011 | Swapan Debnath | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Prankrishna Tapadar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prankrishna Tapadar | 111,004 | 50.44 |  9.44 | |
| AITC | Swapan Debnath | 94,342 | 42.87 |  6.21 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Jiyadul Sekh | 7,282 | 3.31 | ||
| INC | Rabindranath Mondal | 2,843 | 1.29 | 5.7 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,923 | 0.87 | 0.14 | |
| Majority | 16,662 | 7.57 | 0.51 | ||
| Turnout | 220,056 | 94.5 | 7.85 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Debnath | 105,698 | 49.08 | 3.77 | |
| BJP | Rajib Kumar Bhowmick | 88,288 | 41.0 | 31.38 | |
| INC | Abhijit Bhattacharya | 15,061 | 6.99 | 26.79 | |
| BSP | Surajit Mondal | 3,105 | 1.44 | 0.76 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,562 | 0.73 | ||
| Majority | 17,410 | 8.08 | |||
| Turnout | 215,353 | 86.65 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Debnath | 104,398 | 52.85 | 3.13 | |
| INC | Abhijit Bhattacharya | 66,732 | 33.78 |  | |
| BJP | Rajib Kumar Bhowmick | 19,003 | 9.62 | 3.40 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,916 | 0.97 | | |
| PDS | Nasimul Gani Sayed | 1,555 | 0.79 | 0.18 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Jiyadul Seikh | 1,318 | 0.67 | 0.13 | |
| BSP | Manoranjan Boll | 1,223 | 0.62 | 0.06 | |
| Majority | 37,666 | 19.07 | 9.91 | ||
| Turnout | 1,97,543 | 88.08 | 2.39 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Debnath | 86,039 | 49.72 | ||
| CPI(M) | Aleya Begam Sekh | 70,181 | 40.56 | ||
| BJP | Mahadeb Basak | 10,765 | 6.22 | ||
| Independent | Ram Hansda | 1,818 | 1.05 | ||
| PDS | Badredojja Molla | 1,676 | 0.97 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Irai Sekh | 1,385 | 0.80 | ||
| BSP | Kanai Lal Pandey | 1,172 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 15,858 | 9.16 | |||
| Turnout | 1,73,036 | 90.47 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
