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Joypur Assembly constituency (also spelt Jaipur) is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Joypur
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 23°26′0″N 86°08′0″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Constituency No.	241
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	35. Purulia
Electorate (year)	189,787 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 241 Joypur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Joypur and Jhalda II community development blocks; Arsha, Beldih and Manikary gram panchayata of Arsha community development block.[1]

Joypur Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (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 Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Arsha	Sagar Chandra Mahato	Indian National Congress[3][4]
1962	Arsha	Daman Kuiry	All India Forward Bloc[5]
1962	Joypur	Adawita Mondal	Lok Sewak Sangh [6]
1967	Arsha	B.Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [7]
1967	Joypur	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress [8]
1969	Arsha	Dahan Chadra Kuiry	Indian National Congress [9]
1969	Joypur	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress [10]
1971	Arsha	Nitai Chandra Deshmukh	Indian National Congress [11]
1971	Joypur	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress [12]
1972	Arsha	Nitai Chandra Desmukh	Indian National Congress [13]
1972	Joypur	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress [14]
1977	Arsha	Daman Chandra Kuiry	All India Forward Bloc [15]
1977	Joypur	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress [16]
1982	Arsha	Dhrubeswar Chattopadhyay	All India Forward Bloc [17]
1982	Joypur	Shantiram Mahato	Indian National Congress [18]
1987	Arsha	Kumar Pandav	All India Forward Bloc [19]
1987	Joypur	Bindewar Mahata	All India Forward Bloc [20]
1991	Arsha	Nisi Kanta Mehta	All India Forward Bloc [21]
1991	Joypur	Bindeswar Mahata	All India Forward Bloc [22]
1996	Arsha	Nishi Kanta Mehta	All India Forward Bloc [23]
1996	Joypur	Shantiram Mahato	Indian National Congress [24]
2001	Arsha	Nishi Kanta Mehta	Indian National Congresss [25]
2001	Joypur	Shantiram Mahato	Indian National Congresss [26]
2006	Arsha	Probhat Mahato	All India Forward Bloc [27]
2006	Joypur	Bindeswar Mahata	All India Forward Bloc [28]
2011		Dhirendra Nath Mahato	All India Forward Bloc [29]
2016		Shaktipada Mahata	All India Trinamool Congress[30][31]
2021		Narahari Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party[32][33]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Joypur [32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narahari Mahato	74,380	36.68	+32.10
	INC	Phanibhusan Kumar	62,180	30.67
	Independent	Dibyajyoti Singh Deo	35,429	17.47
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	19,493	9.57	-32.95
	Mulnibasi Party of India	Jawahar Lal Mahato	2,102	1.04
	Independent	Nepal Chandra Mahato	1,980	0.98
	Independent	Nagewar Mahato	1,419	0.70
	Independent	Bahadur Kushbaha Kuiri	1,169	0.58
	SUCI(C)	Bhagirath Mahato	1,126	0.56
	ABHM	Tirthanath Mahato	613	0.30
	None of the above	None of the above	2,956	1.46	-0.12
Turnout			202,767
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

Dibajyoti Singh Deo, contesting as an Independent candidate, was supported by the Trinamool Congress. Initially, he was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, but later the party supported him as the nomination of the candidate nominated by the party was rejected.

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balarampur [30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shaktipada Mahato	85,026	47.41
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	76,263	42.52
	BJP	Sripati Mahato	8,211	4.58
	AMB	Pitambar Tudu	1,754	0.98
	AJSU	Subhas Chandra Mahato	1,576	0.88
	SUCI(C)	Bhajahari Kumar	1,515	0.84
	Independent	Padmalochan Kumar	1,356	0.76
	JMM	Santi Ram Mandi	813	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	2,838	1.58
Majority
Turnout			179,352	82.01
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Joypur [34][35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	62,060	41.48	-5.06
	Independent	Sakti Pada Mahato	51,449	34.39	-10.23#
	AITC	Kirton Chandra Mahato	23,927	15.99	+13.71#
	BJP	Shripati Mahato	2,637	1.76
	Independent	Padmalochan Kumar	2,242
	JVM(P)	Paban Mahato	2,131
	AJSU	Swapan Mahato	1,852
	JDP	Sanat Kumar Besra	1,287
	AMB	Gagan Chandra Mahato	1,136
	JMM	Sandip Majhi	885
Turnout			149,606	78.83
	AIFB hold		Swing

Shakti Pada Mahato, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[37]

.# The changes for Shakti Pada Mahato (Independent/ rebel Congress) and Trinamool Congress are shown against the vote percentages of Congress and Trinamool Congress in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Bindeswar Mahato of Forward Bloc won the Jaipur assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Shantiram Mahato of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shantiram Mahato of Congress defeated Bindeswar Mahato of Forward Bloc in 2001 and 1996. Bindeswar Mahato of Forward Block defeated Shanti Ram Mahato of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Shantiram Mahato of Congress defeated Hari Pada Mahato of Forward Bloc in 1982. Ram Krishna Mahato of Congress defeated Chakradhar Mahato of Janata Party in 1977.[38]

1962-1972

Ramkrishna Mahato of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1967. Adwaita Mondal of Lok Sewak Sangh won in 1962.[39]

References

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