Behala Paschim Assembly constituency explained

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.

Overview

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
Behala
1952Biren RoyAll India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3]
1957Rabindra Nath MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[4] [5]
1962
Behala West
1967Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6] [7] [8]
1969
1971
1972Biswanath ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India[9]
1977Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10] [11] [12]
1982
1987
1991Nirmal Mukherjee[13] [14]
1996
2001Partha ChatterjeeTrinamool Congress[15]
2006
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim
2011Partha ChatterjeeTrinamool Congress[16]
2016
2021Independent

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, Srabanti Chatterjee of BJP.[17]

2016

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.

2011

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.

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.

1977-2001

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]

1952-1972

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 1952,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.

References

Citations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 25 October 2010. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
  2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 1 November 2010 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. 6 October 2010 . live.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  15. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  16. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 November 2014.
  17. Web site: BJP fields actor Srabanti Chatterjee against Partha Chatterjee in Behala West.
  18. Web site: 113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 25 October 2010.