Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ballygunge
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Ballygunge

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°31′59″N 88°21′32″E / 22.53306°N 88.35889°E / 22.53306; 88.35889Coordinates: 22°31′59″N 88°21′32″E / 22.53306°N 88.35889°E / 22.53306; 88.35889
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		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Beniapukur BallygungePulin Behari KhaticIndian National Congress[2]
Jogesh Chandra GuptaIndian National Congress[2]
1957BallygungeJnendra MazumdarCommunist Party of India[3]
1962Anil MoitraIndependent[4]
1967Jyoti Bhusan BhattacharyaWorkers Party of India[5]
1969Jyoti Bhusan BhattacharyaWorkers Party of India[6]
1971Subrata MukherjeeIndian National Congresss[7]
1972Subrata MukherjeeIndian National Congress[8]
1977Sachin Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Sachin SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Sachin SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Sachin SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Bye-Election 1992Rabin DebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Rabin DebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Rabin DebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Javed Ahmed KhanAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2011Subrata MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2016 election

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Ballygunge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC 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).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ballygunge constituency [16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC 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
AITMC hold Swing
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 11 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 Decrease6
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 Decrease1

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 Jyoti Bhusan Bhattacharya of Workers Party of India in 1972[8]and 1971.[7] Jyoti Bhusan 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. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  12. 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.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  16. 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.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ballugunge. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "152 - Ballygunge Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  19. ↑ "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.
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