Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Jamalpur
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 23°04′N 87°59′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	262
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Electorate (year)	187,502 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 262 Jamalpur (SC) assembly constituency covers Jamalpur community development block and Mugura gram panchayat of Raina I community development block.[1]

Jamalpur assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Jamalpur[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Alok Kumar Majhi	96,999	46.93	3.14
	BJP	Balaram Bapari	79,028	38.23	30.37
	CPI(M)	Samar Hazra	23,298	11.27	33.26
	BSP	Gaurhari Patra	2,024	0.98	0.01
	BMUP	Kartick Khetrapal	1,291	0.62
	CPI(ML)L	Tarun Kanti Majhi	1,185	0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	2,865	1.39
Turnout			206,690
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

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Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the MFB party , fought and won in this election with the symbol of CPI (M).

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991, Samar Hazra, Marxist Forward Bloc won the Jamalpur (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Shankar Chandra Mallick of Trinamool Congress, Ajay Pramanik of Trinamool Congress, Baidyanath Das of Congress and Ajay Pramnik of Congress, in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987, 1982 and 1977, Sunil Santra, MFB, defeated Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress/ ICS.[25]

1962-1972

Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. Kalipada Das of MFB won the seat in 1971. Basudeb Pramanik of Bangla Congress won the seat in 1969. Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1967. Mrityunjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1962. Prior to that the seat did not exist.[26]

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