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|name = Pubasthali 
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
|subdivision_type3 = Year established
|subdivision_name3 = 1951
|subdivision_type4 = Year abolished
|subdivision_name4 = 2011
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katwa]]
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'''Purbasthali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in what is now [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Election results==
===1977 - 2006===
Subrata Bhowal of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI (M)) won the Purbasthali Assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001 defeating his nearest rival Ansar Mondal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. In 1996, Himangshu Dutta of CPI (M) defeated Ansar Mondal of [[Indian National Congress]]. In 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, [[Manoranjan Nath]] of CPI (M) won the seat defeating Swapan Bhattacharya of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), Mukul Bhattacharya of Congress, Manabendra Kumar Roy of Congress and Rama Devi of [[Janata Party]], in the respective years.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp279.htm | title = 279 – Purbasthali Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
In 1972, Nurunessa Sattar of Congress won the Purbasthali assembly seat. Molla Humayun Kabir won the seat in 1971 and 1969. Lalit Mohan Hazra of CPI (M) won it in 1967. Bimalananda Tarkatirtha of Congress won the seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]], [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] and [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp| title = Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections| access-date = 2010-08-29| work = General Election Results and Statistics| publisher = Election Commission of India| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp| archive-date = 2010-10-05}}</ref>

==Impact of delimitation==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and [[Nadanghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] ceased to exist and in its place [[Purbasthali]] now has two assembly constituencies. 268 [[Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] covers Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur gram panchayats of [[Kalna, India|Kalna]] I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bagpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat gram panchayats of Purbasthali I community development block. 269 [[Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha 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.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web | url = http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2010-08-21 | publisher = Government of West Bengal | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 2011-08-13 }}</ref>

Purbasthali assembly segment was earlier part of [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. As per orders of Delimitation Commission both Purbasthali Dakshin and Purbasthali Uttar are part of [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==References==
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{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]

Purbasthali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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