| Cossipur | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Kolkata |
| Loksabha Cons: | Calcutta North West |
| Constituency No: | 140 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Abolished: | 2011 |
Cossipur 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, Cossipur Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1] It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Cossipur | Biswanath Roy | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1957 | Deben Sen | Praja Socialist Party[4] | ||
| 1962 | Sunil Kumar Dasgupta | Indian National Congress[5] | ||
| 1967 | S.K.Roy | Indian National Congress[6] | ||
| 1969 | Vishnu Gopal Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | ||
| 1971 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[8] | ||
| 1972 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[9] | ||
| 1977 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | ||
| 1982 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[11] | ||
| 1987 | Dipak Chanda | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | ||
| 1991 | Dipak Chanda | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | ||
| 1996 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress[14] | ||
| 2001 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | ||
| 2006 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
In the 2006[16] and 2001[15] state assembly elections Tarak Bandopadhyay representing Trinamool Congress won the 140 Cossipur assembly seat defeating Salil Chatterjee of CPI (M), and Bijoy Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) respectively. In 1996,[14] Tarak Bandopadhyay representing Congress defeated Anup Das of CPI(M). Dipak Chanda of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress in 1991[13] and 1987.[12] In 1982,[11] Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress defeated Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M). In 1977, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress.[10] [17]
The Cossipore seat was won by Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress defeating his nearest rival Paresh Nath Banerjee of CPI(M) in 1972[9] and Krishna Gopal Basu of CPI(M) in 1971.[8] Vishnu Gopal Basu of CPI(M) defeated Sushil Kumar Paul of Congress in 1969.[7] S.K.Roy of Congress defeated P.Dasguta of CPI(M) in 1967.[6] Sunil Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1962[5] defeating Mohit Kumar Moitra of CPI(M). Deben Sen of PSP won in 1957[4] defeating Biswanath Roy of Congress. Biswanath Roy of Congress won in independent India’s first general election in 1951 defeating Jyotirmoy Sharma of CPI.[3]