Ward No. 72, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 72
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 72 Location in Kolkata
Coordinates (dms): 22°31′42.9″N 88°20′54.5″E / 22.528583°N 88.348472°ECoordinates: 22°31′42.9″N 88°20′54.5″E / 22.528583°N 88.348472°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
Neighbourhoods	Bhowanipore
Parliamentary constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Assembly constituency	Bhabanipur
Borough	8
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	700 020
Area code(s)	+91 33

Ward No. 72, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 8, covering parts of Bhowanipore (Chakraberia) neighbourhood in south Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[1]

Overview

The boundaries of the ward are: Chakrabere Road South and Paddapukur Road are in the north. Sarat Bose Road is to the east. Hazra Road is to the south. Asutosh Mukerji Road and S.P.Mukherji Road are to the west.^[2][3]

Election highlights

Election year	Constituency	Name of councillor	Party affililiation
2005	Ward No. 72	Satchidananda Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress	[4]
2010		Krishna Nandy	All India Trinamool Congress	[5]
2015		Sandip Bakshi	All India Trinamool Congress	[6][7]

 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 3 May 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 3 May 2015.
6. Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April, 2015
7. "Ward-wise winners" (PDF). Gazette Notification. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 3 May 2015.