Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jamuria is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 279 Jamuria assembly constituency covers Jamuria municipality, Jamuria community development block, and Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block.Jamuria assembly segment is part of No. Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results2011.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.1977-2006In 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.