Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency
# Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency

Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur gram panchayats of Kalna I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bogpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat gram panchayats of Purbasthali I community development block.

As per orders of Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1951 | Purbasthali | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Lalit Mohan Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | | Mollah Humayun Kabir | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Mollah Humuayn Kabir | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Nurunessa Satta | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Himansu Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Subrata Bhowal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Subrata Bhowal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Purbasthali Dakshin | Swapan Debnath | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Swapan Debnath | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Swapan Debnath | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results

### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Purbasthali Dakshin :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | TMC | Swapan Debnath | 105,698 | 49.08 | +0.77 |
| | BJP | Rajib Kumar Bhowmick | 88,268 | 41.00 | +78.47 |
| | INC | Abhijt Bhattacharya | 15,061 | 6.99 | -77.43 |
| | BSP | Surajit Mondal | 3,105 | 1.44 | |
| | PMPT | Santosh Kumar Adhikary | 1,639 | 0.76 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,562 | 0.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,353 | | |
| | TMC hold | TMC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Purbasthali Dakshin :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | TMC | Swapan Debnath | 104,398 | 53.40 | +3.58# |
| | INC | Abhijit Bhattacharya | 66,732 | 34.10 | +34.10 |
| | BJP | Rajib Kumar Bhowmick | 19,003 | 9.70 | +3.48 |
| | PDS | Nasimul Gani Syed | 1,555 | 0.80 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Jiyadul Sheikh | 1,318 | 0.70 | |
| | BSP | Manoranjan Bal | 1,223 | 0.60 | |
| | Independent | Ram Hansda | 796 | 0.40 | |
| | Independent | Abdul Kalam Sheikh | 796 | 0.30 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,666 | 19.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,627 | 88.5 | |
| | TMC hold | TMC hold | Swing | +3.58# | |

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages in 2011, in Purbasthali Dakshin constituency.

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Purbasthali Dakshin :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | TMC | Swapan Debnath | 86,049 | 49.72 | +0.10# |
| | CPI(M) | Aleaya Begam | 70,181 | 40.56 | -3.35# |
| | BJP | Mahadeb Basak | 10,765 | 6.22 | |
| | Independent | Ram Hansda | 1,818 | | |
| | PDS | Badrodojja Molla | 1,676 | | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Irai Sekh | 1,385 | | |
| | BSP | Kanai Lal Pandey | 1,172 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,036 | 90.71 | |
| | TMC hold | TMC hold | Swing | +3.45# | |

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Purbasthali constituency.

