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{{About||disambiguation|Jamalpur (disambiguation){{!}}Jamalpur|the constituency in Bihar|Jamalpur, Bihar Assembly constituency }}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Jamalpur
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Jamalpur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Jamalpur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman Purba]]
| constituency_no = 262
| established = 1962
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Alok Kumar Majhi]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 187,502
}}

'''Jamalpur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 262 Jamalpur (SC) assembly constituency covers [[Jamalpur (community development block)|Jamalpur]] community development block and Mugura gram panchayat of [[Raina I (community development block)|Raina I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Jamalpur assembly segment was earlier part of [[Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Mrityunjoy Pramanik
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Puranjoy Pramanik
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Basudeb Malik
|{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Kalipada Das
|{{Full party name with color|Marxist Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Puranjoy Pramanik
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|Sunil Santra
|{{Full party name with color|Marxist Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="4"|Samar Hazra
|{{Full party name with color|Marxist Forward Bloc|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Ujjal Pramanik
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|Samar Hazra
|{{Full party name with color|Marxist Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Alok Kumar Majhi
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jamalpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Bhootnath Mallick|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Arun Halder|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Samar Hazra]]|party=Marxist Forward Bloc|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rajib Saha|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gaurhari Patra|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Atasi Pakrey|party= Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Raj Kumar Malik|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Biswajit Bag|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Jamalpur<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/jamalpur-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Jamalpur Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =18 May 2021 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Alok Kumar Majhi|votes=96,999|percentage=46.93|change={{increase}}3.14}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Balaram Bapari|votes=79,028|percentage=38.23|change={{increase}}30.37}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Marxist Forward Bloc|candidate=[[Samar Hazra]]|votes=23,298|percentage= 11.27|change={{decrease}}33.26}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party||candidate=Gaurhari Patra |votes=2,024|percentage=0.98|change={{decrease}}0.01}}
{{Election box candidate||party= BMUP||candidate=Kartick Khetrapal|votes=1,291|percentage=0.62|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation||candidate=Tarun Kanti Majhi |votes=1,185|percentage=0.57|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,865|percentage=1.39|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 206,690|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the [[Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB]] party, fought in this election with the symbol of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]].

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Jamalpur<ref name=1vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://resultuniversity.com/election/jamalpur-west-bengal-assembly-constituency| title= Jamalpur| work= 2016 Legislative Assembly Election| publisher = Result University |access-date =18 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samar Hazra]]
|votes = 85,491
|percentage = 44.53
|change = -2.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ujjal Pramanik
|votes = 84,068
|percentage = 43.79
|change = -4.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pallab Kumar Roy
|votes = 15,094
|percentage = 7.86
|change = +6.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,616
|percentage = 1.36
|change = +1.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bankim Santra
|votes = 1,902
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,91,986
|percentage = 88.60
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the [[Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB]] party, fought and won in this election on [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] ticket.

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Jamalpur<ref name="Jamalpur">{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25262.htm |title = Jamalpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=empowering2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=262|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Jamalpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-10| url-status = usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223524/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=262|archive-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Jamalpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ujjal Pramanik
|votes = 84,434
|percentage = 48.73
|change = +15.38#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Marxist Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Samar Hazra]]
|votes = 81,891
|percentage = 47.27
|change = -16.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Subrata Mallick
|votes = 3,102
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = People's Democratic Conference of India
|candidate = Rabindranath Bag
|votes = 1,721
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Pratap Malik
|votes = 1,149
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Suranjan Halder
|votes = 958
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 173,255
|percentage = 92.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Marxist Forward Bloc
|swing = +31.72#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996 and 1991, [[Samar Hazra]], [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] won the Jamalpur (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Shankar Chandra Mallick of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], Ajay Pramanik of Trinamool Congress, Baidyanath Das of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and Ajay Pramnik of Congress, in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987, 1982 and 1977, Sunil Santra, MFB, defeated Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress/ ICS.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp274.htm| title = 274 – Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1962-1972===
Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. Kalipada Das of MFB won the seat in 1971. Basudeb Pramanik of Bangla Congress won the seat in 1969. Puranjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1967. Mrityunjoy Pramanik of Congress won the seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Prior to that the seat did not exist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections |access-date=2010-08-29 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in West Bengal]]

Jamalpur West Bengal Assembly constituency - Revision history

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