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Pursurah
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Constituency No. | 199 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 29. Arambagh (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 213,942 (2011) |
Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: পুরশুড়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 199 Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Pursurah community development block, along with Arunda, Balipur, Rammohan I, Rammohan II and Tantisal gram panchayats of Khanakul I community development block, and Harinkhola I and Harinkhola II gram panchayats of Arambagh community development block.[1]
Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
In the 2011 elections , Sk. Parvez Rahman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Soumendranath Bera of CPI(M).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Pursurah [2][3] [4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Parvez Rahaman | 107,794 | 56.26 | +15.65# | |
| CPI(M) | Soumendranath Bera | 76,104 | 39.72 | -19.67 | |
| BJP | Sukumar Dhara | 7,718 | 4.03 | ||
| Turnout | 191,616 | 89.56 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 35.32# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 16 | 14 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 11 |
| Forward bloc | 1 | 2 |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 0 | 1 |
In the 2006 state assembly elections Saumendranath Bera of CPI(M) won the Pursurah assembly seat defeating Sk. Parvez Rahman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nimai Mal of CPI(M) defeated Sk. Pervez Rahman of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Gour Mohan Maity of Congress in 1996. Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) defeated Bibhuti Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991 and Santi Mohun Roy of Congress in 1987. Santi Mohun Roy of Congress defeated Bishnupada Bera of CPI(M) in 1982. Manoranjan Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Durga Charan Chakrabarty of Janata Party in 1977.[5]
Mahadeb Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Santi Mohan Roy of Congress won in 1969 and 1967.[6] Prior to that the Pursurah seat did not exist.
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