| Belgachia East | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Kolkata |
| Loksabha Cons: | Dum Dum |
| Constituency No: | 139 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Abolished: | 2011 |
Belgachia East Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Belgachia East Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1] It was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Belgachia | Ganesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India[3] | |
| 1957 | Ganesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India[4] | ||
| 1962 | Ganesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India[5] | ||
| 1967 | Lakshmi Charan Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | ||
| 1969 | Lakshmi Charan Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | ||
| 1971 | Lakshmi Charan Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | ||
| 1972 | Ganapati Sur | Indian National Congress[9] | ||
| 1977 | Belgachia East | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1982 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | ||
| 1987 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | ||
| 1991 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | ||
| 1996 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | ||
| 2001 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | ||
| 2006 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | ||
| 2009by | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
In the by-election held in 2009 as a result of the death of the sitting MLA Subhas Chakraborty, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress won the 139 Belgachia East seat defeating Ramala Chakrabarty of CPI(M).[18] [17] Subhas Chakrabarty of CPI(M) won the Belgachia East seat seven times in a row from 1977 to 2006. In 2006[16] and 2001,[15] he defeated Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress. In 1996[14] he defeated Arunava Ghosh of Congress. In 1991[13] and 1987,[12] he defeated Kumares Basu of Congress. In 1982[11] he defeated Shyamal Bhattacharjee of Congress. In 1977, he defeated Samir Chatterjee of Janata Party.[10] [19]
During the period there was only one seat for Belgachia. Ganapati Sur of Congress defeated Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) in 1972.[9] Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1971,[8] Suchit Kumar Sur of Congress in 1969[7] and Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1967.[6] Ganesh Ghosh of CPI won the seat defeating Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1962,[5] Nandalal Banerjee of Congress in 1957[4] and in independent India's first election in 1951 defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress.[3]