Behala Purba Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala East Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area) in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Behala Purba | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 153 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Behala Purba Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| LS constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 308,157 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview edit
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 153 Behala Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 142, 143 and 144 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Behala Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin.[1] Behala East was earlier a part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Behala | ||
| 1952 | 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] |
| Behala East | ||
| 1967 | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
| 1969 | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] |
| 1971 | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] |
| 1972 | Indrajit Majumdar | Indian National Congress[9] |
| 1977 | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
| 1982 | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] |
| 1987 | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] |
| 1991 | Kumkum Chakraborti | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] |
| 1996 | Kumkum Chakraborti | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] |
| 2001 | Parash Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
| 2006 | Kumkum Chakraborti | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Purba | ||
| 2011 | Sovan Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
| 2016 | Sovan Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[18] |
| 2021 | Ratna Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results edit
2021 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ratna Chatterjee | 110,968 | 50.01 | ||
| BJP | Payel Sarkar | 73,540 | 33.15 | ||
| CPI(M) | Samita Har Chowdhury | 30,172 | 13.60 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the above | 2,835 | 1.28 | ||
| BSP | Rina Roy | 1,175 | 0.53 | ||
| Majority | 37,428 | 17.08 | |||
| Turnout | 2,21,885 | 71.97 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sovan Chatterjee | 96,621 | 47.33 | ||
| Independent | Ambikesh Mahapatra | 72,327 | 35.43 | ||
| BJP | Chandra Bhan Singh | 21,854 | 10.71 | ||
| SHS | Sumit Banerjee | 3,649 | 1.79 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the above | 3,919 | 1.92 | ||
| Majority | 24,294 | 11.90 | |||
| Turnout | 2,05,294 | 73.83 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011 edit
In 2011 Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kumkum Chakraborty of CPI(M),
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sovan Chatterjee | 1,16,709 | 60.28 | +14.33 | |
| CPI(M) | Kumkum Chakraborty | 68,536 | 35.40 | -15.33 | |
| BJP | A. Biswajit Naidu | 3,692 | 1.91 | ||
| BSP | Indrajit Kumar Halder | 1,170 | 0.60 | ||
| IND | Tarun Kanti Das | 1,131 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 48,173 | 24.88 | |||
| Turnout | 1,94,208 | 79.79 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 30.50# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006 edit
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Kumkum Chakraborti of Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Behala East assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Parash Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) in 2001.[15] Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) defeated Sonali Guha of Congress in 1996,[14] and Sailen Dasgupta of Congress in 1991.[13] Niranjan Mukherjeee of CPI(M) defeated Debashis Bhattacharya of Congress in 1987,[12] Balaram Goswami of Congress in 1982,[11] and Indrajit Mazumdar of Congress in 1977.[10][20]
1952–1972 edit
Indrajit Majumdar of Congress won the Behala East seat in 1972.[9] Niranjan 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 1952,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.
References edit
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ a b "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 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ 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 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Purba. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "112 – Behala East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.