Suri Assembly constituency

Suri
Suri
Constituency No. 285 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Suri Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
LS constituency	Birbhum
Established	1951
Total electors	198,677
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Bikash Roy Chowdhury
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Last updated April 09, 2024

Suri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 285, Suri Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Suri municipality, Suri I CD Block, Rajnagar CD Block, and Chinpai, Gohaliara, Parulia and Sahapur gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block.^[1]

Suri Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Suri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bikash Roy Chowdhury	105,871	48.80	1.12
	BJP	Jagannath Chattopadhyay	98,551	45.50	29.22
	INC	Chanchal Chatterjee	8,267	3.80
	SUCI(C)	Nitai Ankur	2,084	1.00
	BSP	Khurshid Alam	1,318	0.60
Majority			7,320
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Suri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asok Chattopadhyay	94,036	47.68	3.89
	CPI(M)	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	62,228	31.55	8.85
	BJP	Joy Banerjee	32,112	16.28	12.39
	Independent	Sunil Soren	2,748	1.39	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Swadhin Dului	1,928	0.98
	NOTA	None of the above	4,188	2.12	N/A
Majority			31,808	16.13	+4.96
Turnout			197,240	83.61	-2.52
Registered electors			235,902
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Ghaffar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Suri^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Kanti Ghosh	88,244	51.57	+5.15#
	CPI(M)	Abdul Gaffar	69,127	40.40	-8.11
	BJP	Partha Pratim De	6,649	3.89
	Independent	Maniruddin Sheikh	3,926
	Independent	Ujjwal Kumar Sow Mondal	2,009
	Independent	Rabilal Hembram	1,168
Turnout			171,123	86.13
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+13.26#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Tapan Roy of CPI(M) won the Suri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Braja Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Tapan Roy of CPI(M) in 1996. Tapan Roy of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Keshab Das of CPI(M) in 1982 and Arun Kumar Chowdhury in 1977.^[5]

1951–1972

Suniti Chattaraj of Congress won in 1972. Prativa Mukherjee of SUC in 1971 and 1969. Baidyanath Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Suri was a joint seat with one seat being reserved for scheduled tribes. Turku Hansda of CPI and Mihirlal Chatterjee of PSP won in 1957. Nishapati Majhi and Gopika Bilas Sengupta, both of Congress, won in 1951.^[6]

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
↑ "Suri". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Suri. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Suri. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
↑ "288 - Suri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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[delimitation-1] 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

[2] "Suri". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Suri. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Suri. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[5] "288 - Suri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[6] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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