Tollygunj Assembly constituency

Tollygunge
Tollygunge
Constituency No. 152 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Tollygunge Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Jadavpur
Established	1951
Total electors	269,582
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Aroop Biswas
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Tollygunge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 152 Tollygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 111, 112, 113 and 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1] Before 2011, Tollygunge Assembly constituency was composed of the following: Ward Nos. 81, 89, 94, 95, 97, 98 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Tollygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] Tollyganj was earlier part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1952	Tollygunge Uttar	Priya Ranjan Sen	Indian National Congress^[3]
	Tollygunge Dakshin	Ambika Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India^[3]
1957	Tollygunge	Haridas Mitra	Praja Socialist Party^[4]
1962		Niranjan Sengupta	Communist Party of India^[5]
1967		Niranjan Sengupta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[6]
1969		Niranjan Sengupta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[7]
1971		Satyapriya Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
1972		Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	Indian National Congress^[9]
1977		Prasanta Sur	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[10]
1982		Prasanta Sur	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[11]
1987		Prasanta Sur	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[12]
1991		Prasanta Sur	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[13]
1996		Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	Indian National Congress^[14]
2001		Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	Trinamool Congress^[15]^: 8
2006		Aroop Biswas	Trinamool Congress^[16]
2011		Aroop Biswas	Trinamool Congress^[17]
2016		Aroop Biswas	Trinamool Congress
2021		Aroop Biswas	Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021 election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Biswas	101,440	51.4	+4.65
	BJP	Babul Supriyo	51,360	26.02	+18.36
	CPI(M)	Debdut Ghosh	40,597	20.57	−21.01
	NOTA	None of the above	2,310	1.17
	SUCI(C)	Debabrata Bera	454	0.23
Majority			50,080	25.64
Turnout			1,97,642	73.28
	AITC hold		Swing

2016 election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Biswas	90,603	46.75	−9.42
	CPI(M)	Madhuja Sen Roy	80,707	41.58	+0.54
	BJP	Mohan Rao	14,835	7.66
	NOTA	None of the above	3719	1.92
	IND	Dr. Dipankar Sarkar	1,627	0.84
Majority			9,896	5.10
Turnout			1,94,165	75.34
	AITC hold		Swing	12.18#

.# Swing calculated on Left Front+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 election, Aroop Biswas defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Biswas	1,02,743	56.17	+3.48#
	CPI(M)	Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas	75,064	41.04	−5.06
	BJP	Bibekananda Sinha Roy	2,931	1.60
	IND	Debashis Das	959	0.52
	IND	Koyel Basu Thakur	765	0.42
Majority			27,680	15.13
Turnout			1,83,026	78.08
	AITC hold		Swing	12.18#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006

In the 2006 election, Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Tollyganj constituency^[17]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Biswas	46,378	46.67	+0.10
	CPI(M)	Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas	45,852	46.14	+5.06
	INC	Tulsidas Mukherjee	5,984	6.00
	Independent	Dilip Shil	1154	1.20
Majority			526	(0.5%)
Turnout			99,375	(69.3%)
	AITC hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election, Pankaj Kumar Banerjee defeated his nearest rival Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Tollyganj constituency^[15]^: 342
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	50,424	46.60	−1.59
	CPI(M)	Goutam Banerjee	44,593	41.04	−4.75
	BJP	Keshab Saha	3,683	1.60
	PDS	Dr. Sudeshna Choudhury	934
	Independent	Amit Acharjee	283
	Independent	Gopal Ganguly	279
Turnout			182,917	78.71
	AITC gain from INC		Swing	12.18#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 election, Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ashis Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal state assembly election, 1996: Tollyganj constituency^[14]^: 347
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	53,871	48.19	+3.48#
	CPI(M)	Ashis Roy	51,189	45.79	−8.76
	BJP	Gautam Biswas	6,451	5.77
	Independent	Ashis Banik	286	0,26
Turnout			114,086	77.38
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	12.18#

1991

In the 1991 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1991: Tollyganj constituency^[15]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Sur	42,706	44.18	+3.48#
	INC	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	42,379	43.85	−8.76
	BJP	Gautam Biswas	10,077	10.43
	Independent	Sachin Sen	1170	1,21
	Independent	Amal Dey	167	0,17
	Independent	Jalodhir Ranjan Das	156	0,16
Turnout			182,917	78.71
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	12.18#

1987

In the 1987 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1987: Tollyganj constituency^[17]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Sur	45,497
	INC	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	40,603
	Independent	Gurupada Sengupta	661
	Independent	Malay Sanyal	231
	Independent	Amitava Guha Thakurata	77
Turnout			87,069	72.87
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	12.18#

1982

In the 1982 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Asim Datta of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1982: Tollyganj constituency^[17]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Sur	41,857	60.69
	INC	Asim Datta	24,294	35.23
	Independent	Debaprasad Chatterjee	2,536	3.68
	Independent	Maloy Sanyal	280	0.41
Turnout			70,399	69.92
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

In the 1977 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1977: Tollyganj constituency^[17]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Sur	26,905	49.43
	INC	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee	17,455	32.60
	JP	Sushil Kumar Basu	9,578	17.59
	Independent	Sajal Roy	502	0.92
Turnout			54,446	56.35
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[16] Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress won the Tollyganj seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M) in 2001,^[15]^: 171 and Ashis Roy of CPI(M) in 1996 representing Congress.^[14]^: 170 Prasanta Sur of CPI(M) defeated Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1991^[13] and 1987,^[12] Asim Dutta of Congress in 1982,^[11] and Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1977.^[10]^[21]

1952-1972

Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress, won in 1972 defeating Prasanta Sur of CPIM.^[9] Satya Priya Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.^[8] Niranjan Sengupta of CPI(M)/CPI won in 1969,^[7] 1967^[6] and 1962.^[5] Haridas Mitra of PSP won in 1957.^[4] In independent India's first election in 1952^[3] Tollyganj had three seats. Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress won from Tollygunge Uttar Assembly constituency, Ambica Chakraborty of CPI won from Tollygunge Dakshin Assembly constituency and Jyotish Joarder an Independent won from Tollyganj Assembly constituency.

References

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2001 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Tollyganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Tollyganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
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[vidhansabha1957-4] "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1962-5] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-6] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-7] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-8] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1972-9] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-10] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-11] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1987-12] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-13] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-14] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[vidhansabha2001-15] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2001 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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[19] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Tollyganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2006.

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