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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Jamuria
| 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/Jamuria.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Jamuria Assembly Constituency

| mla = Dr. Bijan Mukherjee
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =

| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]

| constituency_no = 279
| established = 1957
| electors = 175,237
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Jamuria Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|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 (community development block)|Jamuria]] CD Block, and [[Ratibati]] gram panchayat of [[Raniganj (community development block)|Raniganj]] CD 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>

Jamuria assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|rowspan="2"|Amarendra Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Tinkori Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Amarendra Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Durgadas Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Amarendra Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="4"|Bikash Chowdhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=9|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="2"|Pelab Kabi
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Dhirajlal Hazra
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Jahanara Khan]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Hareram Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Dr.Bijan Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jamuria}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dr. Bijan Mukherjee
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum: 90150}}
|percentage = 49.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Hareram Singh]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:67636}}
|percentage = 37.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Md. Sabbir Hussain
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
|votes = {{formatnum:15195}}
|percentage = 8.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Tarun Kumar Ganguli
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:1961}}
|percentage = 1.08
|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:1701}}
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:22514}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum: 181594}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Jamuria]]<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite news |title=West Bengal Assembly Election Result 2021: Jamuria Assembly Constituency Result 2021 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/election/west-bengal/west-bengal-election-2021-constituency-wise-results/Jamuria-constituency-election-result/acno279.html |access-date=19 September 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=29 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Hareram Singh]]|votes=71,002|percentage=42.59|change=+4.30}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Tapas Kumar Roy|votes=62,951|percentage=37.76|change=+13.57}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Aishe Ghosh]]|votes=24,818|percentage=14.89|change=-28.39}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Bhanu Pratap Sharma|votes=2,409|percentage=1.45|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= None of the above (India)|candidate=None of the above |votes=2,353|percentage=1.41|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 8,051|percentage=4.89|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 1,66,933|percentage=75.39|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Jamuria]]<ref name="Jamuria">{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25279.htm |title = Jamuria |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516120259/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25279.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="westbengalassembly">{{cite web |url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=279 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Jamuria |publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 |archive-date = 29 May 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222924/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=279 |url-status = usurped }}</ref><ref name="westbengalassembly_1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Jamuria |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Jahanara Khan]]
|votes = 67,214
|percentage = 43.28
|change = -9.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = V. Sivadasan (Dasu)
|votes = 59,457
|percentage = 38.29
|change = -4.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Santosh Singh
|votes = 22,040
|percentage = 14.19
|change = +9.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,018
|percentage = 1.94
|change = +1.94
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,757
|percentage = 5.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,55,401
|percentage = 78.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Jamuria]]<ref name="Jamuria">{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25279.htm |title = Jamuria |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516120259/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25279.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="westbengalassembly" /><ref name="westbengalassembly_1" /> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Jahanara Khan]]
|votes = 72,411
|percentage = 52.82
|change = -15.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee
|votes = 58,538
|percentage = 42.70
|change = +14.91#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pramod Pathak
|votes = 6,146
|percentage = 4.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,873
|percentage = 10.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,37,161
|percentage = 78.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -30.89#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly election]], Dhirajlal Hazra of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Jamuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapan Chakraborty of [[All India Trinamool Congress|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 [[Indian National Congress|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.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp262.htm | title = 262 - Jamuria Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29 }}</ref>

===1957-1972===
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 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Amarendra Mondal representing [[Praja Socialist Party]] had won the Jamuria seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Jamuria Assembly constituency - Revision history

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