Ward No. 56, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 56
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 56 Location in Kolkata
Coordinates (dms): 22°33′18.9″N 88°22′43″E / 22.555250°N 88.37861°ECoordinates: 22°33′18.9″N 88°22′43″E / 22.555250°N 88.37861°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
Neighbourhoods	Entally
Parliamentary constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Assembly constituency	Entally
Borough	7
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	700 014
Area code(s)	+91 33

Ward No. 56, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 7, covering parts of Entally neighbourhood in central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[1]

Overview

The boundaries of the ward are: Convent Road, Debendra Chandra Dey Road and Gobinda Khatick Road are in the north. The Kankurgachi Chord line of Eastern Railway is to the east. Christopher Road is to the south. The Eastern Railway line is to the west.^[2][3]

Election highlights

Election year	Constituency	Name of councillor	Party affiliation
2005	Ward No. 56	Joyshree Deb Nandy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[4]
2010		Dipali Das	All India Trinamool Congress	[5]
2015		Dipali Das	All India Trinamool Congress	[6]

 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election 2015 summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
All India Trinamool Congress	116	19
Left Front	15	18
Bharatiya Janata Party	5	2
Indian National Congress	5	5
Independents	3	3

Source: DNA West Bengal Municipal Election Results, 28th April 2015
Results of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election, 2010

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory. D.P.Publications & Sales Concern, 66 Colarelege Street, Kolkata-700073, 4th edition 2003.
3. "Municipal Wards". Yellow Pages.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. Search the web for COUNCILLORS OF KOLKATA MUNICITIPAL CORPORATION. In the search list click on this. On clicking one gets an option for “List of KMC Councillors” at the bottom of the page. Press <Open> to get to Adobe Acrobat file.
5. "Kolkata Municipal Corporation General Election Results 2010". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
6. Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April, 2015