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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Pursurah 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|22|51|01|N|87|57|46|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 199
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|29. Arambagh (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 213,942 (2011)

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'''Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 199 Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [[Pursurah (community development block)|Pursurah]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], along with Arunda, Balipur, Rammohan I, Rammohan II and Tantisal [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Khanakul I (community development block)|Khanakul I]] community development block, and Harinkhola I and Harinkhola II gram panchayats of [[Arambagh (community development block)|Arambagh]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 26 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Pursurah||Santi Mohan Roy||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Santi Mohan Roy||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Manoranjan Hazra||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Santi Mohan Roy||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Bishnupada Bera||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Bishnupada Bera||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Nimai Mal||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Nimai Mal||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Saumendra Nath Bera||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Parvez Rahaman||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Dr. M. Nuruzzaman||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Bimal Ghosh (politician)|Biman Ghosh]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Pursurah}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Biman Ghosh
|votes = 1,19,334
|percentage = 53.50
|change = +44.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dilip Yadav
|votes = 91,156
|percentage = 40.86
|change = -10.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Monika Malik Ghosh
|votes = 7,828
|percentage = 3.51
|change = -33.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,788
|percentage = 1.25
|change = -0.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chiranjit Barik
|votes = 1,968
|percentage = 0.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 223,074
|percentage = 88.55
|change = +2.22
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Pursurah}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dr. M. Nuruzzaman
|votes = 105,275
|percentage = 51.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pratim Singha Roy
|votes = 76,148
|percentage = 36.96
|change = -19.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Subhendu Mukherjee
|votes = 18,296
|percentage = 8.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,646
|percentage = 1.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jhantu Saha
|votes = 2,649
|percentage = 1.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 206,014
|percentage = 86.33
|change = -3.23
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Sk. Parvez Rahman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Soumendranath Bera of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Pursurah <ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=199|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Pursurah| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Parvez Rahaman
|votes = 107,794
|percentage = 56.26
|change = +15.65#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Soumendranath Bera
|votes = 76,104
|percentage = 39.72
|change = -19.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sukumar Dhara
|votes = 7,718
|percentage = 4.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 191,616
|percentage = 89.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 35.32#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> state assembly elections Saumendranath Bera of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Pursurah assembly seat defeating Sk. Parvez Rahman of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool 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<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Gour Mohan Maity of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bibhuti Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and Santi Mohun Roy of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Santi Mohun Roy of Congress defeated Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Manoranjan Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Durga Charan Chakrabarty of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp192.htm |title =192 - Pursurah Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 1 December 2010}}</ref>

===1967-1972===
Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Santi Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Prior to that the Pursurah seat did not exist.

==References==
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{{Hooghly topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Hooghly district]]

Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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