Baghmundi is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Purulia district

Purulia District

Purulia district is one of the nineteen districts of West Bengal state in eastern India. The town of Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district.-History:...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 240 Baghmundi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Jhalda

Jhalda

'Jhalda is a city and a municipality in Purulia District in the Indian state of West Bengal. GeographyJhalda is located at . It has an average elevation of ....

 municipality; Jhalda I

Jhalda I (community development block)

Jhalda I is an administrative division in Purulia Sadar West subdivision of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jhalda police station serves this block...

 and Baghmundi community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

; Hetgugui and Sirkabad gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Arsha community development block.

Baghmundi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)

Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)

Purulia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the present 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. India has total 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.-Assembly segments:...

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2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 in the now defunct Jhalda

Jhalda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jhalda was an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Jhalda ceased to exist from 2011....

constituency.

1951

While in 2011 Baghmundi is a newly-created constituency in West Bengal, it was there in independent India’s first election in 1951. The areas now part of Purulia district were then part of Bihar. Sirish Chandra Banerjee of Lok Sewak Sangh won the Baghmundi seat.