Purbasthali Dakshin 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 Bardhaman district

Bardhaman District

'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 in the India

India

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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 a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali

Purbasthali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali was an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-1977 - 2006:Subrata Bhowal of CPI won the Purbasthali Assembly seat in 2006 and 2001 defeating his nearest rival Ansar Mondal of Trinamool Congress. In 1996, Himangshu Dutta of CPI defeated Ansar...

 and Nadanghat

Nadanghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nadanghat was an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Swapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress won the Nadanghat assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Ratan Das of CPI . In 2001, Ratan Das of CPI defeated Swapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress...

 constituencies ceased to exist and in its place Purbasthali

Purbasthali

Purbasthali is a village with a police station in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district. It is located 120 km north from Kolkata. Also known as Chupi Char, it lies on the banks of a large oxbow lake created by the Ganges river and is only a few km from the old and holy town of Nabadwip. The...

 now has has two assembly constituencies. No. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha) constituency covers Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur 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 Kalna

Kalna

Ambika Kalna or simply Kalna is a town, a municipality and head quarters of Kalna subdivision in Bardhaman District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi. The town is more popularly known as Ambika Kalna, named after a very popular Deity of...

 I community development block and Nasratpur, Samudragarh, Bagpur, Sreerampur and Nadanghat

Nadanghat

Nadanghat is a village and a police station in the Kalna Subdivision of Bardhaman District in West Bengal, India.-History:The Syeds were famed zemindars of the area during Muslim rule and they continued during the British period. When the Muslim League was formed in Dhaka in 1906, it did not have...

 gram panchayats of Purbasthali

Purbasthali

Purbasthali is a village with a police station in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district. It is located 120 km north from Kolkata. Also known as Chupi Char, it lies on the banks of a large oxbow lake created by the Ganges river and is only a few km from the old and holy town of Nabadwip. The...

 I community development block. No. 269 Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Uttar is an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Purbasthali and Nadanghat constituencies ceased to exist and in its place Purbasthali now has has two assembly constituencies. No...

 covers Purbasthali II community development block, Jahannagar and Dogachia gram panchayats of Purbasthali I CD Block, and Bamunpara, Mamudpur II and Putsuri gram panchayats of Manteswar

Manteswar

Manteswar is an administrative division in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Manteswar police station serves this block...

 CD Block.

Purbasthali assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal state in eastern India, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.-Election results:-Assembly segments:...

. As per orders of Delimitation Commission both Purbasthali Dakshin and Purbasthali Uttar are part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman Purba is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Bardhaman in West Bengal...

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2011

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Nadanghat

Nadanghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nadanghat was an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Swapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress won the Nadanghat assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Ratan Das of CPI . In 2001, Ratan Das of CPI defeated Swapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress...

constituency.