Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Ballygunge | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Ballygunge Location in Kolkata | |
Coordinates: 22°31′59″N 88°21′32″E / 22.53306°N 88.35889°ECoordinates: 22°31′59″N 88°21′32″E / 22.53306°N 88.35889°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Kolkata |
Constituency No | 161 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 23. Kolkata Dakshin |
Electoral system | First past the post |
Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বালিগঞ্জ বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 161 Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 60, 61, 64, 65, 68, 69 and 85, of Kolkata municipal corporation.[1]
Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Beniapukur Ballygunge | Pulin Behari Khatic | Indian National Congress[2] |
Jogesh Chandra Gupta | Indian National Congress[2] | ||
1957 | Ballygunge | Jnendra Mazumdar | Communist Party of India[3] |
1962 | Anil Moitra | Independent[4] | |
1967 | Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya | Workers Party of India[5] | |
1969 | Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya | Workers Party of India[6] | |
1971 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congresss[7] | |
1972 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1977 | Sachin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1982 | Sachin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1987 | Sachin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1991 | Sachin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
Bye-Election 1992 | Rabin Deb | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1996 | Rabin Deb | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
2001 | Rabin Deb | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2006 | Javed Ahmed Khan | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
2011 | Subrata Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
Election results
2016 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Trinamool Congress | Subrata Mukherjee | ||||
INC | Krishna Debnath | ||||
BJP | |||||
2011
In the 2011 elections, Subrata Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Fuad Halim of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Trinamool Congress | Subrata Mukherjee | 88,194 | 60.65 | ||
CPI(M) | Dr. Fuad Halim | 47,009 | 32.32 | ||
BJP | Shatorupa | 5,188 | 3.56 | ||
IND | Moloy Prokash Mitra | 1,538 | |||
BSP | Tirath Kaul | 1,510 | |||
AIMF | Syed Md Wasim Raza | 1,030 | |||
JD(U) | Md. Ibrahim Khan | 487 | |||
Independent | Amitava Dutta | 458 | |||
Turnout | 145,414 | ||||
Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | 11 | 1 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 6 |
Forward Bloc | 0 | 1 |
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Ahmed Javed Khan of Trinamool Congress won the Balluginge assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rabin Deb of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). Rabin Deb of CPI(M) defeated Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Dibyendu Biswas of Indian National Congress in 1996, and Susobhan Basu of Congress in 1991. Sachin Sen of CPI(M) defeated Susobhan Basu of Congress in 1987, Rathin Talukdar of Congress in 1982, and Subrata Mukherjee of Congress in 1977.[18]
1951-1972
Subrata Mukherjee of Indian National Congress defeated Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya of Workers Party of India in 1972[8]and 1971.[7] Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya of Workers Party of India defeated Ranadeb Choudhury of Congress in 1969[6]and Anil Moitra of Congresss in 1967.[5] Anil Maitra of Congress defeated Jnanendra Nath Mazumdar of Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1962.[4]Jnenendra Mazumdar of CPI defeated Mira Dutta Gupta of Congress in 1957.[3] In independent India’s first election in 1951,[2] Baniapukur-Ballygunge was a joint seat. Pulin Behari Khatic and Jogesh Chandra Gupta, both of Congress, won the seat.Ram Lal Shaw and Jnanendra Mazumdar, both independents, were runners-up. [19]
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 178. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 147. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 118. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 161. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ballugunge. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "152 - Ballygunge Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.