Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Belgachia East
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Belgachia East Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°36′11″N88°23′24″E / 22.60306°N 88.39000°E / 22.60306; 88.39000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Year established	1951
Year abolished	2011
Lok Sabha constituency	Dum Dum

Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011. ^[1]

It was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Belgachia	Ganesh Ghosh	Communist Party of India [3]
1957		Ganesh Ghosh	Communist Party of India [4]
1962		Ganesh Ghosh	Communist Party of India [5]
1967		Lakshmi Charan Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1969		Lakshmi Charan Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1971		Lakshmi Charan Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972		Ganapati Sur	Indian National Congress [9]
1977	Belgachia East	Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987		Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2001		Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006		Subhas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2009by		Sujit Bose	All India Trinamool Congress [17]

Results

1977-2009 Belgachia East

In the by-election held in 2009 as a result of the death of the sitting MLA Subhas Chakraborty, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress won the 139 Belgachia East seat defeating Ramala Chakrabarty of CPI(M). ^{[18] [17]} Subhas Chakrabarty of CPI(M) won the Belgachia East seat seven times in a row from 1977 to 2006. In 2006 ^[16] and 2001, ^[15] he defeated Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress. In 1996 ^[14] he defeated Arunava Ghosh of Congress. In 1991 ^[13] and 1987, ^[12] he defeated Kumares Basu of Congress. In 1982 ^[11] he defeated Shyamal Bhattacharjee of Congress. In 1977, he defeated Samir Chatterjee of Janata Party. ^{[10] [19]}

1951-1972 Belgachia

During the period there was only one seat for Belgachia. Ganapati Sur of Congress defeated Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) in 1972. ^[9] Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1971, ^[8] Suchit Kumar Sur of Congress in 1969 ^[7] and Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1967. ^[6] Ganesh Ghosh of CPI won the seat defeating Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1962, ^[5] Nandalal Banerjee of Congress in 1957 ^[4] and in independent India’s first election in 1951 defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress. ^[3]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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 15 November 2010.
3. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 180. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. 180. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No, 122. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 150. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 150. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 150. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 150. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
17. "Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
18. "West Bengal State Assembly Byelections 2009". Indian Election Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
19. "139 - Belgachia East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

Coordinates: 22°36′11″N88°23′24″E / 22.603°N 88.390°E / 22.603; 88.390