| Pursurah | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 199 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Pursurah Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambagh |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 213,942 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Pursurah Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 199 Pursurah Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Pursurahcommunity development block, along with Arunda, Balipur, Rammohan I, Rammohan II and Tantisalgram panchayats ofKhanakul I community development block, and Harinkhola I and Harinkhola II gram panchayats ofArambagh community development block.[1]
Pursurah Assembly constituency is part of No. 29Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Santi Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Manoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Santi Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Bishnupada Bera | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Nimai Mal | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Saumendra Nath Bera | ||
| 2011 | Parvez Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Dr. M. Nuruzzaman | ||
| 2021 | Biman Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Biman Ghosh | 119,334 | 53.50 | +44.62 | |
| AITC | Dilip Yadav | 91,156 | 40.86 | −10.24 | |
| INC | Monika Malik Ghosh | 7,828 | 3.51 | −33.45 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,788 | 1.25 | −0.52 | |
| Independent | Chiranjit Barik | 1,968 | 0.88 | ||
| Turnout | 223,074 | 88.55 | +2.22 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. M. Nuruzzaman | 105,275 | 51.10 | ||
| INC | Pratim Singha Roy | 76,148 | 36.96 | −19.67 | |
| BJP | Subhendu Mukherjee | 18,296 | 8.88 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,646 | 1.77 | ||
| Independent | Jhantu Saha | 2,649 | 1.29 | ||
| Turnout | 206,014 | 86.33 | −3.23 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections, Sk. Parvez Rahman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Soumendranath Bera of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Parvez Rahaman | 107,794 | 56.26 | +15.65# | |
| CPI(M) | Soumendranath Bera | 76,104 | 39.72 | −19.67 | |
| BJP | Sukumar Dhara | 7,718 | 4.03 | ||
| Turnout | 191,616 | 89.56 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 35.32# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006[4] state assembly elections Saumendranath Bera ofCPI(M) won the Pursurah assembly seat defeating Sk. Parvez Rahman ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nimai Mal of CPI(M) defeated Sk. Pervez Rahman of Trinamool Congress in 2001[5] and Gour Mohan Maity ofCongress in 1996.[6] Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bibhuti Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991[7] and Santi Mohun Roy of Congress in 1987.[8] Santi Mohun Roy of Congress defeated Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) in 1982.[9] Manoranjan Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Durga Charan Chakrabarty ofJanata Party in 1977.[10][11]
Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Santi Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Prior to that the Pursurah seat did not exist.
