| Belgachia East | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 139 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dum Dum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | None |
Belgachia East Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Belgachia East Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. [1]
It was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Ganesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Lakshmi Charan Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Ganapati Sur | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2009^ | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress | |
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). [3] [4] Subhas Chakrabarty of CPI(M) won the Belgachia East seat seven times in a row from 1977 to 2006. In 2006 [5] and 2001, [6] he defeated Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress. In 1996 [7] he defeated Arunava Ghosh of Congress. In 1991 [8] and 1987, [9] he defeated Kumares Basu of Congress. In 1982 [10] he defeated Shyamal Bhattacharjee of Congress. In 1977, he defeated Samir Chatterjee of Janata Party. [11] [12]
During the period there was only one seat for Belgachia. Ganapati Sur of Congress defeated Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) in 1972. [13] Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1971, [14] Suchit Kumar Sur of Congress in 1969 [15] and Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1967. [16] Ganesh Ghosh of CPI won the seat defeating Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1962, [17] Nandalal Banerjee of Congress in 1957 [18] and in independent India's first election in 1951 defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress. [19]