# Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Jamalpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 262 Jamalpur (SC) assembly constituency covers Jamalpur community development block and Mugura gram panchayat of Raina I community development block.
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).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Jamalpur | Mrityunjoy Pramanik | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Puranjoy Pramanik | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Basudeb Malik | Bangla Congress |
| 1971 | | Kalipada Das | Marxist Forward Bloc |
| 1972 | | Puranjoy Pramanik | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Sunil Santra | Marxist Forward Bloc |
| 1982 | | Sunil Santra | Independent |
| 1987 | | Sunil Santra | Independent |
| 1991 | | Samar Hazra | Communist Party of India |
| 1996 | | Samar Hazra | Communist Party of India |
| 2001 | | Samar Hazra | Communist Party of India |
| 2006 | | Samar Hazra | Independent |
| 2011 | | Ujjal Pramanik | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Samar Hazra | Communist Party of India |
| 2021 | | Alok Kumar Majhi | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Jamalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | 96,999 | 46.93 | 3.14 |
| | BJP | Balaram Bapari | 79,028 | 38.23 | 30.37 |
| | CPI(M) | Samar Hazra | 23,298 | 11.27 | 33.26 |
| | BSP | Gaurhari Patra | 2,024 | 0.98 | 0.01 |
| | BMUP | Kartick Khetrapal | 1,291 | 0.62 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Tarun Kanti Majhi | 1,185 | 0.57 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,865 | 1.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 206,690 | | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |
Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the MFB party, fought in this election with the symbol of CPI (M).

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Jamalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Samar Hazra | 85,491 | 44.53 | −2.74 |
| | AITC | Ujjal Pramanik | 84,068 | 43.79 | −4.94 |
| | BJP | Pallab Kumar Roy | 15,094 | 7.86 | +6.07 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,616 | 1.36 | +1.36 |
| | BSP | Bankim Santra | 1,902 | 0.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,91,986 | 88.60 | −3.8 |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | | |
Samar Hazra, originally belonging to the MFB party, fought and won in this election with the symbol of CPI (M).

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jamalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ujjal Pramanik | 84,434 | 48.73 | +15.38# |
| | MFB | Samar Hazra | 81,891 | 47.27 | −16.34 |
| | BJP | Subrata Mallick | 3,102 | 1.79 | |
| | People's Democratic Conference of India | Rabindranath Bag | 1,721 | | |
| | JDP | Pratap Malik | 1,149 | | |
| | BSP | Suranjan Halder | 958 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,255 | 92.4 | |
| | AITC gain from MFB | AITC gain from MFB | Swing | +31.72# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991, Samar Hazra, Marxist Forward Bloc won the Jamalpur (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Shankar Chandra Mallick of Trinamool Congress, Ajay Pramanik of Trinamool Congress, Baidyanath Das of 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.

### 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. Prior to that the seat did not exist.