Purbasthali was an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Bardhaman district

Bardhaman District

'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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1977 - 2006

Subrata Bhowal of CPI (M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Purbasthali Assembly seat in 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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 and 2001 defeating his nearest rival Ansar Mondal of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. In 1996, Himangshu Dutta of CPI (M) defeated Ansar Mondal of Congress

Indian National Congress

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. In 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, Manoranjan Nath of CPI (M) won the seat defeating Swapan Bhattacharya of BJP, Mukul Bhattacharya of Congress, Manabendra Kumar Roy of Congress and Rama Devi of Janata Party

Janata Party

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, in the respective years.

1951-1972

In 1972, Nurunessa Sattar of Congress won the Purbasthali assembly seat. Molla Humayun Kabir won the seat in 1971 and 1969. I.Hazra of CPI (M) won it in 1967. Bimalananda Tarkatirtha of Congress won the seat in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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, 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

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 and 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

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Impact of delimitation

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Nadanghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nadanghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nadanghat was an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Swapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress won the Nadanghat assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Ratan Das of CPI . In 2001, Ratan Das of CPI defeated Swapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress...

 ceased to exist and in its place Purbasthali

Purbasthali

Purbasthali is a village with a police station in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district. It is located 120 km north from Kolkata. Also known as Chupi Char, it lies on the banks of a large oxbow lake created by the Ganges river and is only a few km from the old and holy town of Nabadwip. The...

 now has has two assembly constituencies. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Dakshin is an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:...

 covers Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur gram panchayats of Kalna

Kalna

Ambika Kalna or simply Kalna is a town, a municipality and head quarters of Kalna subdivision in Bardhaman District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi. The town is more popularly known as Ambika Kalna, named after a very popular Deity of...

 I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bagpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat gram panchayats of Purbasthali I community development block. 269 Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Uttar is an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali and Nadanghat constituencies ceased to exist and in its place Purbasthali now has has two assembly constituencies. No...

 covers Purbasthali II community development block, Jahannagar and Dogachia gram panchayats of Purbasthali I CD Block, and Bamunpara, Mamudpur II and Putsuri gram panchayats of Manteswar

Manteswar

Manteswar is an administrative division in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Manteswar police station serves this block...

 CD Block.

Purbasthali assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal state in eastern India, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.-Election results:-Assembly segments:...

. As per orders of Delimitation Commission both Purbasthali Dakshin and Purbasthali Uttar are part of Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman Purba is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Bardhaman in West Bengal...

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