Joypur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Joypur
Constituency No. 241 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Joypur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
LS constituency	Purulia
Established	1962
Total electors	189,787
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Narahari Mahato
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Joypur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 241 Joypur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Joypur and Jhalda II community development blocks; Arsha, Beldih and Manikary gram panchayata of Arsha community development block.^[1]

Joypur Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party Affiliation
1962	Adawita Mondal	Lok Sewak Sangh^[2]
1967	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress^[3]
1969	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress^[4]
1971	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress^[5]
1972	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress^[6]
1977	Ram Krishna Mahato	Indian National Congress^[7]
1982	Shantiram Mahato	Indian National Congress^[8]
1987	Bindewar Mahata	All India Forward Bloc^[9]
1991	Bindeswar Mahata	All India Forward Bloc^[10]
1996	Shantiram Mahato	Indian National Congress^[11]
2001	Shantiram Mahato	Indian National Congress^[12]
2006	Bindeswar Mahata	All India Forward Bloc^[13]
2011	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	All India Forward Bloc^[14]
2016	Shaktipada Mahata	All India Trinamool Congress^[15]^[16]
2021	Narahari Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party^[17]^[18]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Joypur^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narahari Mahato	74,380	36.68	+32.10
	INC	Phanibhusan Kumar	62,180	30.67
	Independent	Dibyajyoti Singh Deo	35,429	17.47
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	19,493	9.57	-32.95
	Mulnibasi Party of India	Jawahar Lal Mahato	2,102	1.04
	Independent	Nepal Chandra Mahato	1,980	0.98
	Independent	Nagewar Mahato	1,419	0.70
	Independent	Bahadur Kushbaha Kuiri	1,169	0.58
	SUCI(C)	Bhagirath Mahato	1,126	0.56
	ABHM	Tirthanath Mahato	613	0.30
	None of the above	None of the above	2,956	1.46	-0.12
Turnout			202,767
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

Dibajyoti Singh Deo, contesting as an Independent candidate, was supported by the Trinamool Congress. Initially, he was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, but later the party supported him as the nomination of the candidate nominated by the party was rejected.

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balarampur^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Shaktipada Mahato	85,026	47.41
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	76,263	42.52
	BJP	Sripati Mahato	8,211	4.58
	AMB	Pitambar Tudu	1,754	0.98
	AJSU	Subhas Chandra Mahato	1,576	0.88
	SUCI(C)	Bhajahari Kumar	1,515	0.84
	Independent	Padmalochan Kumar	1,356	0.76
	JMM	Santi Ram Mandi	813	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	2,838	1.58
Majority
Turnout			179,352	82.01
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Joypur^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	62,060	41.48	-5.06
	Independent	Sakti Pada Mahato	51,449	34.39	-10.23#
	AITC	Kirton Chandra Mahato	23,927	15.99	+13.71#
	BJP	Shripati Mahato	2,637	1.76
	Independent	Padmalochan Kumar	2,242
	JVM(P)	Paban Mahato	2,131
	AJSU	Swapan Mahato	1,852
	JDP	Sanat Kumar Besra	1,287
	AMB	Gagan Chandra Mahato	1,136
	JMM	Sandip Majhi	885
Turnout			149,606	78.83
	AIFB hold		Swing

Shakti Pada Mahato, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.^[21]

.# The changes for Shakti Pada Mahato (Independent/ rebel Congress) and Trinamool Congress are shown against the vote percentages of Congress and Trinamool Congress in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Bindeswar Mahato of Forward Bloc won the Jaipur assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Shantiram Mahato of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shantiram Mahato of Congress defeated Bindeswar Mahato of Forward Bloc in 2001 and 1996. Bindeswar Mahato of Forward Block defeated Shanti Ram Mahato of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Shantiram Mahato of Congress defeated Hari Pada Mahato of Forward Bloc in 1982. Ram Krishna Mahato of Congress defeated Chakradhar Mahato of Janata Party in 1977.^[22]

1962-1972

Ramkrishna Mahato of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1967. Adwaita Mondal of Lok Sewak Sangh won in 1962.^[23]

References

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Purulia district topics

General

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Community development blocks

Purulia Sadar subdivision	Arsha Balarampur Hura Purulia I Purulia II
Manbazar subdivision	Barabazar Bandwan Manbazar I Manbazar II Puncha
Jhalda subdivision	Baghmundi Jhalda I Jhalda II Joypur
Raghunathpur subdivision	Para Raghunathpur I Raghunathpur II Neturia Santuri Kashipur

Education

Schools	Purulia Zilla School Sainik School, Purulia
General degree colleges	Achhruram Memorial College Ananda Marga College Arsha College Balarampur College Bandwan Mahavidyalaya Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College Bikramjit Goswami Memorial College Chitta Mahato Memorial College Government General Degree College, Manbazar II J. K. College Kashipur Michael Madhusudhan Mahavidyalaya Kotshila Mahavidyalaya Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia Manbhum Mahavidyalaya Netaji Subhash Ashram Mahavidyalaya Nistarini Women's College Panchakot Mahavidyalaya Raghunathpur College Ramananda Centenary College Santaldih College Sitaram Mahato Memorial College
Engineering & medical colleges	Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College Purulia Government Medical College and Hospital Purulia Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
Universities	Sidho Kanho Birsha University