| Behala Paschim | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Partha Chatterjee |
| Party: | Independent |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | South 24 Parganas |
| Loksabha Cons: | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Constituency No: | 154 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Electors: | 313,005 |
| Reservation: | None |
Behala Paschim Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala West Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area) in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 154 Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1] Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Behala West was earlier a part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Behala | ||
| 1952 | Biren Roy | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3] |
| 1957 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India[4] [5] |
| 1962 | ||
| Behala West | ||
| 1967 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] [7] [8] |
| 1969 | ||
| 1971 | ||
| 1972 | Biswanath Chakraborty | Communist Party of India[9] |
| 1977 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] [11] [12] |
| 1982 | ||
| 1987 | ||
| 1991 | Nirmal Mukherjee[13] [14] | |
| 1996 | ||
| 2001 | Partha Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress[15] |
| 2006 | ||
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim | ||
| 2011 | Partha Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2016 | ||
| 2021 | Independent | |
In the 2021 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, Srabanti Chatterjee of BJP.[17]
In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Chatterjee of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996,[13] and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991.[14] 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]
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 1952,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.