| Suri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 285 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Suri Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 198,677 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Suri Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inBirbhum district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 285, Suri Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Suri municipality,Suri ICD Block,Rajnagar CD Block, and Chinpai, Gohaliara, Parulia and Sahapurgram panchayats ofDubrajpur CD Block.[1]
Suri Assembly constituency is part of No. 42Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | Jagannath Chattopadhyay | ||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bikash Roy Chowdhury | 105,871 | 48.80 |  1.12 | |
| BJP | Jagannath Chattopadhyay | 98,551 | 45.50 | 29.22 | |
| INC | Chanchal Chatterjee | 8,267 | 3.80 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Nitai Ankur | 2,084 | 1.00 | ||
| BSP | Khurshid Alam | 1,318 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 7,320 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asok Chattopadhyay | 94,036 | 47.68 |  3.89 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 62,228 | 31.55 | 8.85 | |
| BJP | Joy Banerjee | 32,112 | 16.28 | 12.39 | |
| Independent | Sunil Soren | 2,748 | 1.39 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Swadhin Dului | 1,928 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,188 | 2.12 | N/A | |
| Majority | 31,808 | 16.13 | +4.96 | ||
| Turnout | 197,240 | 83.61 | −2.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 235,902 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Ghaffar of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swapan Kanti Ghosh | 88,244 | 51.57 | +5.15# | |
| CPI(M) | Abdul Gaffar | 69,127 | 40.40 | −8.11 | |
| BJP | Partha Pratim De | 6,649 | 3.89 | ||
| Independent | Maniruddin Sheikh | 3,926 | |||
| Independent | Ujjwal Kumar Sow Mondal | 2,009 | |||
| Independent | Rabilal Hembram | 1,168 | |||
| Turnout | 171,123 | 86.13 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +13.26# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006 state assembly elections Tapan Roy ofCPI(M) won the Suri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Kanti Ghosh ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Braja Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeatedSuniti Chattaraj ofTrinamool Congress in 2001.Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Tapan Roy of CPI(M) in 1996. Tapan Roy of CPI(M) defeatedSuniti Chattaraj of Congress in 1991 and 1987.Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Keshab Das of CPI(M) in 1982 and Arun Kumar Chowdhury in 1977.[5]
Suniti Chattaraj of Congress won in 1972.Prativa Mukherjee ofSUC in 1971 and 1969. Baidyanath Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Suri was a joint seat with one seat being reserved for scheduled tribes. Turku Hansda ofCPI and Mihirlal Chatterjee ofPSP won in 1957. Nishapati Majhi and Gopika Bilas Sengupta, both of Congress, won in 1951.[6]
