Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Beleghata
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°33′54″N88°23′10″E / 22.56500°N 88.38611°E / 22.56500; 88.38611 Coordinates: 22°33′54″N88°23′10″E / 22.56500°N 88.38611°E / 22.56500; 88.38611
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Constituency No	164
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	24. Kolkata Uttar
Electoral system	First past the post

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

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		Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
	1977	Krishnapada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
	1982
	1987	Manabendra Mukherjee
	1991
	1996
	2001
	2006
	2011	Paresh Paul	All India Trinamool Congress
	2016
	2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	1,03,182	65.10	+12.28
	BJP	Adv. Kashinath Biswas	36,042	22.74	+15.57
	CPI (M)	Rajib Biswas	14,045	8.86
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,564	0.99
	IND	Surendar Tewari	1,168	0.74
Majority			67,140	42.78
Turnout			1,58,506	63.18
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	84,843	52.82	-4.63
	CPI (M)	Rajib Biswas	58,664	36.53	-1.39
	BJP	Partha Chaudhury	11,516	7.17	+5.51
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,153	1.96	New
	IND	Arun Kumar Das	990	0.62
Majority			26,179	16.29	-3.24
Turnout			1,60,613	66.38	-4.16
	AITC hold		Swing	-4.63

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	93,185	57.45
	CPI (M)	Anadi Kumar Sahu	61,497	37.92
	BJP	Arun Shaw	2,690	1.66
	IND	Surendar Tewari	1,727	1.06
Majority			31,688	19.53
Turnout			1,62,195	70.54
	AITC win

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
3. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
4. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
5. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
6. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
7. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
8. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
9. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
10. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.