Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Suri is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Rajnagar ceases to exist from 2011. In West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016, Suri will be one of the 22 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 285 Suri(Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Suri municipality, Suri I community development block, Rajnagar community development block, and Chinpai, Gohaliara, Parulia and Sahapur gram panchayats of Dubrajpur community development block.Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results20162011In the 2011 election, Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Ghaffar of CPI..# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.1977-2006In 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.