Suri Assembly constituency

Suri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Suri
Constituency No. 285 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Suri Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBirbhum
LS constituencyBirbhum
Established1951
Total electors198,677
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 285, Suri Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Suri municipality, Suri I CD Block, Rajnagar CD Block, and Chinpai, Gohaliara, Parulia and Sahapur gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block.[1]

Suri Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Suri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bikash Roy Chowdhury 105,871 48.80  1.12
BJP Jagannath Chattopadhyay 98,551 45.50  29.22
INC Chanchal Chatterjee 8,267 3.80
SUCI(C) Nitai Ankur 2,084 1.00
BSP Khurshid Alam 1,318 0.60
Majority 7,320
Turnout
AITC hold Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Suri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asok Chattopadhyay 94,036 47.68  3.89
CPI(M) Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 62,228 31.55  8.85
BJP Joy Banerjee 32,112 16.28  12.39
Independent Sunil Soren 2,748 1.39 N/A
SUCI(C) Swadhin Dului 1,928 0.98
NOTA None of the above 4,188 2.12 N/A
Majority 31,808 16.13 +4.96
Turnout 197,240 83.61 −2.52
Registered electors 235,902
AITC hold Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Ghaffar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Suri[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swapan Kanti Ghosh 88,244 51.57 +5.15#
CPI(M) Abdul Gaffar 69,127 40.40 −8.11
BJP Partha Pratim De 6,649 3.89
Independent Maniruddin Sheikh 3,926
Independent Ujjwal Kumar Sow Mondal 2,009
Independent Rabilal Hembram 1,168
Turnout 171,123 86.13
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +13.26#

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

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections Tapan Roy of CPI(M) won the Suri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Braja Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Tapan Roy of CPI(M) in 1996. Tapan Roy of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Keshab Das of CPI(M) in 1982 and Arun Kumar Chowdhury in 1977.[5]

1951–1972

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Suniti Chattaraj of Congress won in 1972. Prativa Mukherjee of SUC in 1971 and 1969. Baidyanath Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Suri was a joint seat with one seat being reserved for scheduled tribes. Turku Hansda of CPI and Mihirlal Chatterjee of PSP won in 1957. Nishapati Majhi and Gopika Bilas Sengupta, both of Congress, won in 1951.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Suri". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Suri. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Suri. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ^ "288 - Suri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.