Behala Paschim Assembly constituency
Behala Paschim | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Behala Paschim Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°29′53″N 88°18′39″E / 22.4981°N 88.3108°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 154 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 23. Kolkata Dakshin |
| Electorate (year) | 259,713 (2011) |
Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 154 Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]
Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Behala West was earlier part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Behala | Biren Roy | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3] |
| 1957 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India[4] | |
| 1962 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India[5] | |
| 1967 | Behala West | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
| 1969 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1971 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 1972 | Biswanath Chakraborty | Communist Party of India[9] | |
| 1977 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1982 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1987 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1991 | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 1996 | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2001 | Partha Chatterjee | West Bengal Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2006 | Partha Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim | |||
| 2011 | Behala Paschim | Partha Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
Election results
1951-1972
Biswanath Chakraborty of CPI won in 1972.[9] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[8] 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962[5] and 1957.[4] In independent India’s first election in 1951,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.
1977-2006
In the 2006 and 2001 Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress won the Behala West assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals Niranjan Mukherjee of CPI(M) in 2006[16] and Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) in 2001.[15] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996,[14] and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991.[13] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1987,[12] Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1982[11] and Subodh Chandra Das of Congress in 1977.[10][18]
2006
In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Mukherjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 82,259 | 48.80 | ||
| CPI(M) | Niranjan Mukherjee | 76,532 | 45.40 | ||
| INC | Anjali Mukherjee | 5,979 | 3.60 | ||
| Independent | Samir Kumar Halder | 1,062 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Tuhin Sarkar | 999 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Ashoke Kumar Halder | 957 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Nirmal Mukherjee | 648 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 5,727 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 168,504 | 74.7 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2011
In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 127,870 | 62.96 | 10.57# | |
| CPI(M) | Anupam Debsarkar | 68,849 | 33.90 | −11.54 | |
| BJP | Amalendu Roy Chowdhary | 4,248 | 2.09 | ||
| Independent | Jayanta Datta | 2,140 | |||
| Majority | 59,021 | 29.1 | |||
| Turnout | 203,107 | 78.2 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 22.11# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Template:Dakshin 24 Parganas 2011 election summary
2016
In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 102,114 | 46.90 | −16.06 | |
| CPI(M) | Kaustav Chatterjee | 93,218 | 42.80 | +8.90 | |
| BJP | Harikrishna Dutta | 17,962 | 8.20 | +6.11 | |
| SUCI(C) | Mrityunjoy Roy | 1,494 | 0.70 | N/A | |
| BSP | Pushpa Dhali | 1,040 | 0.50 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tapan Debnath | 920 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| Independent | Vijay Kumar Singh | 744 | 0.30 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bipul Kumar Das | 450 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,896 | 4.1 | −24.96 | ||
| Turnout | 2,17,942 | 76.30 | −1.90 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016. Template:Dakshin 24 Parganas 2011 election summary
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- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
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