Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Beleghata
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Beleghata Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°33′54″N 88°23′10″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Constituency No	164
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	24. Kolkata Uttar
Electoral system	First past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 164 Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 57 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Prior to the 2009 Indian general election it was part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Beliaghata	Rama Sankar Prasad	Communist Party of India[3]
		Jagat Basu	Communist Party of India[3]
1957		Rama Sankar Prasad	Communist Party of India[4]
		Jagat Basu	Communist Party of India[4]
1962	Beliaghata North	Jagat Basu	Communist Party of India[5]
	Beliaghata South	Ganesh Prasad Roy	Indian National Congress[5]
1967	Beliaghata North	Krishna Pada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
	Beliaghata South	Ganesh Prasad Roy	Indian National Congress[6]
1969	Beliaghata North	Krishna Pada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
	Beliaghata South	Niranjan Baral	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971	Beliaghata North	Krishna Pada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
	Beliaghata South	Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress[8]
1972	Beliaghata North	Ananta Kumar Bharati	Indian National Congress[9]
	Beliaghata South	Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress[9]
1977	Beliaghata	Krishnapada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982		Krishnapada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987		Manabendra Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991		Manabendra Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996		Manabendra Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001		Manabendra Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006		Manabendra Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011	Beleghata	Paresh Paul	All India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Paresh Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anadi Sahoo of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Beleghata constituency[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	93,185	57.45	13.21
	CPI (M)	Anadi Kumar Sahu	61,499	37.91	-15.09
	BJP	Arun Shaw	2,690	1.65
	Independent	Surendra Tewari	1,727
	RJP	Pradip Bose	1,440
	BSP	Nirmal Kanti Samaddar	893
	Independent	Sanjoy Ghosh	414
	Independent	Dilip Tripathi	349
Turnout			162195
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary

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

2006

In the 2006 elections, Manabendra Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Ashim Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Beleghata constituency [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Manab Mukherjee	48,252
	AITC	Ashim Chatterjee	31,876
	INC	Kanak Debnath	8,397
	Independent	Kamal Krishna Pathak	1,153
	Independent	Nityananda Das	893
	Independent	Nabakumar Mondal	455
Turnout			162195
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

2001

In the 2001 elections, Manabendra Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Ajoy Sanyal of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Beleghata constituency [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Manab Mukherjee	48,600	48.19%
	AITC	Ajoy Sanyal	47,103	46.71%
	BJP	Mohammad Oli	2,701	2.68%
	Independent	Suresh Kumar Rabidas	935	0.93%
	Independent	Ratan Lal Das	794	0.79%
	Independent	Ajoy Dey	262	0.26%
	Independent	Mahendra Mahato	235	0.23%
	Independent	Ajoy Kar	220	0.22%
Turnout			1,00,850	67.89%
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections, Manabendra Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Beliaghata assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashim Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Ajoy Sanyal of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Krishna Debnath of Congress in 1996, Suresh Biswas of Congress in 1991 and Biresh Bose of Congress in 1987. Krishna Pada Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Deb of Congress in 1982, and Premananda Bose of Janata Party in 1977.[19]

1962-1972 Beliaghata South

Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress won in 1972[9] and 1971.[8] Niranjan Baral of CPI(M) won 1969.[7] Ganesh Prosad.Roy of Congress won in 1967[6] and 1962.[5]

1962-1972 Beliaghata North

Ananta Kumar Bharati of Congress won in 1972.[9] Krishna Pada Ghosh of CPI(M) won in 1971,[8] 1969,[7] and 1967.[6] Jagat Basu of CPI won in 1962.[5]

1951-1957 Beliaghata

Beliaghata was a joint seat in 1957[4] and 1951.[3] Rama Shankar Prasad and Jagat bose, both of CPI, won the seat in both the years.

References

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