# Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency

Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur gram panchayats of Kalna I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bogpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat gram panchayats of Purbasthali I community development block.
As per orders of Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).
Following are the members of the legislative assembly from Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency over the years.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Lalit Mohan Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Mollah Humayun Kabir | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Mollah Humuayn Kabir | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Nurunessa Sattar | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Himansu Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Subrata Bhowal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Subrata Bhowal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Swapan Debnath | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Swapan Debnath | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Swapan Debnath | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Purbasthali Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Swapan Debnath | 105,698 | 49.08 | +0.77 |
| | BJP | Rajib Kumar Bhowmick | 88,268 | 41.00 | +78.47 |
| | INC | Abhijt Bhattacharya | 15,061 | 6.99 | −77.43 |
| | BSP | Surajit Mondal | 3,105 | 1.44 | |
| | PMPT | Santosh Kumar Adhikary | 1,639 | 0.76 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,562 | 0.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,353 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Purbasthali Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Swapan Debnath | 104,398 | 53.40 | +3.58# |
| | INC | Abhijit Bhattacharya | 66,732 | 34.10 | +34.10 |
| | BJP | Rajib Kumar Bhowmick | 19,003 | 9.70 | +3.48 |
| | PDS | Nasimul Gani Syed | 1,555 | 0.80 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Jiyadul Sheikh | 1,318 | 0.70 | |
| | BSP | Manoranjan Bal | 1,223 | 0.60 | |
| | Independent | Ram Hansda | 796 | 0.40 | |
| | Independent | Abdul Kalam Sheikh | 796 | 0.30 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,666 | 19.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,627 | 88.5 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | +3.58# | |
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages in 2011, in Purbasthali Dakshin constituency.

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Purbasthali Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Swapan Debnath | 86,039 | 49.72 | +0.10# |
| | CPI(M) | Aleaya Begam | 70,181 | 40.56 | −3.35# |
| | BJP | Mahadeb Basak | 10,765 | 6.22 | |
| | Independent | Ram Hansda | 1,818 | | |
| | PDS | Badrodojja Molla | 1,676 | | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Irai Sekh | 1,385 | | |
| | BSP | Kanai Lal Pandey | 1,172 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,036 | 90.71 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | +3.45# | |
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Purbasthali constituency.