# Jamuria Assembly constituency

Jamuria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian 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 CD Block, and Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block
Jamuria assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Amarendra Mondal | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Tinkori Mondal | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Durgadas Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Pelab Kabi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Pelab Kabi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Dhirajlal Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Jahanara Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | Jahanara Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Hareram Singh | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jamuria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Hareram Singh | 71,002 | 42.59 | +4.30 |
| | BJP | Tapas Kumar Roy | 62,951 | 37.76 | +13.57 |
| | CPI(M) | Aishe Ghosh | 24,818 | 14.89 | −28.39 |
| | BSP | Bhanu Pratap Sharma | 2,409 | 1.45 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,353 | 1.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,051 | 4.89 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,66,933 | 75.39 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jamuria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | 67,214 | 43.28 | −9.54 |
| | AITC | V. Sivadasan (Dasu) | 59,457 | 38.29 | −4.41 |
| | BJP | Santosh Singh | 22,040 | 14.19 | +9.71 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,018 | 1.94 | +1.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,757 | 5.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,55,401 | 78.05 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jamuria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | 72,411 | 52.82 | −15.98 |
| | AITC | Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee | 58,538 | 42.70 | +14.91# |
| | BJP | Pramod Pathak | 6,146 | 4.48 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,873 | 10.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,161 | 78.24 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -30.89# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly election, Dhirajlal Hazra of CPI (M) won the Jamuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapan Chakraborty of 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 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.

### 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. Amarendra Mondal representing Praja Socialist Party had won the Jamuria seat in 1957.