| Jamuria | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 279 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Interactive Map Outlining Jamuria Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 175,237 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Dr. Bijan Mukherjee | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Jamuria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 279 Jamuria assembly constituency covers Wards nos. 1–12, 32 of Asansol Municipal Corporation, Jamuria CD Block, and Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block1
Jamuria assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).1
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Amarendra Mondal | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | Tinkori Mondal | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Durgadas Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pelab Kabi | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Dhirajlal Hazra | ||
| 2011 | Jahanara Khan | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Hareram Singh | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2026 | Bijan Mukherjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bijan Mukherjee | 90,150 | 49.64 | +11.88 | |
| AITC | Hareram Singh | 67,636 | 37.25 | −5.34 | |
| CPI(M) | Md. Sabbir Hussain | 15,195 | 8.37 | −6.52 | |
| INC | Tarun Kumar Ganguli | 1,961 | 1.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,701 | 0.94 | −0.47 | |
| Majority | 22,514 | 12.39 | +7.56 | ||
| Turnout | 181,594 | 92.33 | +17.04 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Hareram Singh | 71,002 | 42.59 | ||
| BJP | Tapas Kumar Roy | 62,951 | 37.76 | ||
| CPI(M) | Aishe Ghosh | 24,818 | 14.89 | ||
| BSP | Bhanu Pratap Sharma | 2,409 | 1.45 | ||
| BMP | Lakhiram Hansda | 1,686 | 1.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,353 | 1.41 | ||
| Majority | 8,051 | 4.83 | |||
| Turnout | 166,703 | 75.29 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | 67,214 | 43.28 | −9.54 | |
| AITC | V. Sivadasan (Dasu) | 59,457 | 38.29 | −4.41 | |
| BJP | Santosh Singh | 22,040 | 14.19 | +9.71 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,018 | 1.94 | +1.94 | |
| Majority | 7,757 | 5.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,55,401 | 78.05 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | 72,411 | 52.82 | −15.98 | |
| AITC | Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee | 58,538 | 42.70 | +14.91# | |
| BJP | Pramod Pathak | 6,146 | 4.48 | ||
| Majority | 13,873 | 10.12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,37,161 | 78.24 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -30.89# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
2006
In the 2006 state assembly election, Dhirajlal Hazra of CPI (M) won the Jamuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapan Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Pelab Kabi of CPI (M) defeated Shiudashan Nayar of Trinamool Congress and Santosh Adhikari of Congress respectively. In 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, Bikash Chowdhury of CPI (M) defeated Tapas Banerjee of Congress, Biswanath Chakraborty of Congress, Pradip Bhattacharya of ICS and Chandra Sekhar of Congress in the respective years.11
1972
The Jamuria seat was won by Amarendra Mondal of Congress in 1972, Durgadas Mondal of CPI (M) in 1971, Amarendra Mondal of Congress in 1969, Tinkori Mondal of Samyukta Socialist Party in 1967, and Amarendra Mondal of Congress in 1962. Amarendra Mondal representing Praja Socialist Party had won the Jamuria seat in 1957.
References
References
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