Kashipur-Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Kashipur Belgachhia | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Kashipur Belgachhia Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°36′36″N 88°23′06″E / 22.61000°N 88.38500°ECoordinates: 22°36′36″N 88°23′06″E / 22.61000°N 88.38500°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Constituency No | 168 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 24. Kolkata Uttar |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Kashipur Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: কাশীপুর বেলগাছিয়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 168 Kashipur Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Kolkata municipal corporation.[1]
Kashipur Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kashipur-Belgachhia | Mala Saha | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
For MLAs from the area in previous years see Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Belgachia West (Vidhan Sabha constituency), and Cossipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Election results
2011
In the 2011 elections, Mala Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Kaninika Ghosh of CPI(M).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kashipur-Belgachia constituency[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Mala Saha | 87,408 | 61.67 | ||
| CPI(M) | Kaninika Ghosh | 47,124 | 33.25 | ||
| BJP | Aditya Tandon | 4,420 | 3.11 | ||
| BSP | Rakesh Kumar Kori | 1,241 | 0.87 | ||
| Independent | Sourav Mitra | 951 | 0.67 | ||
| Independent | Ashoke Kumar Naskar | 577 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 40,284 | 28.42 | |||
| Turnout | 141,721 | ||||
| AITMC win (new seat) | |||||
| 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 {{Elections of 2016} AITC Mala Saha
CPM Kaninika Bose (Ghosh)
BJP Aditya Tandon
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kashipur-Belgachia. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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