Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency

Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Purbasthali Uttar
Constituency No. 269 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Purbasthali Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman Purba
Established	1951
Total electors	188,997
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tapan Chatterjee
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 269 Purbasthali Uttar Assembly 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]

As per orders of Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Purbasthali	Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress[2]
1957		Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress[3]
1962		Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress[4]
1967		Lalit Mohan Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969		Mollah Humayun Kabir	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971		Mollah Humuayn Kabir	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972		Nurunessa Satta	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982		Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987		Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991		Manoranjan Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996		Himansu Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001		Subrata Bhowal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006		Subrata Bhowal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16]
2011	Purbasthali Uttar	Tapan Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016		Pradip Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18][19]
2021		Tapan Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress [20]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Purbasthali Uttar^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapan Chatterjee	92,421	43.52	+35.32
	BJP	Gobardhan Das	85,715	40.37	+397.70
	CPI(M)	Pradip Kumar Saha	28,134	13.25	−60.43
	BSP	Kesto Roy	1,907	0.90
	PMPT	Bibhas Das	1,675	0.79
	Independent	Samilan Sutradhar	1,141	0.54
	NOTA	None of the above	2,507	1.2
Turnout			208,951
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

West Bengal state assembly elections, 2016: Purbasthali Uttar^{[21][22][23][18][19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Pradip Kumar Saha	71,107	41.00	−3.74#
	AITC	Tapan Chatterjee	68,300	42.63	2.68#
	BJP	Swapan Bhattachrya	17,222	10.32
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Amanullah Sekh	5,394
	CPI(ML)L	Ashoke Chowdhury	2,159
	BSP	Sanjib Hazra	1,957
Turnout			166,806	88.26
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing	+9.42#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2011, in Purbasthali Uttar constituency.

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Purbasthali Uttar^[21][24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapan Chatterjee	71,107	42.63	+0.74#
	CPI(M)	Pradip Saha	68,967	41.35	−8.68#
	BJP	Swapan Bhattachrya	17,222	10.32
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Amanullah Sekh	5,394
	CPI(ML)L	Ashoke Chowdhury	2,159
	BSP	Sanjib Hazra	1,957
Turnout			166,806	88.26
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+9.42#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Purbasthali constituency.