Belgachia West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Belgachia West
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Belgachia West 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	Calcutta North East Calcutta North

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

Overview

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

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	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 West	Lakshmi Charan Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Rathindra Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987		Sudipto Roy	Indian National Congress [12]
1991		Rajdeo Goala	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Rajdeo Goala	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2001		Rajdeo Goala	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006		Mala Saha	All India Trinamool Congress [16]

Results

1977-2009 Belgachia West

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[16] Mala Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Belgachia West assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Rajdeo Goala of CPI(M). In 2001, ^[15] 1996 ^[14] and 1991, ^[13] Rajdeo Goala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Sudipta Roy of Trinamool Congress, Sadhan Das of Congress and Sudipto Roy of Congress respectively. Sudipto Roy of Congress won the seat in 1987 ^[12] defeating Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M). In 1982, ^[11] Rathindra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Amarendra Nath Bhattacharya of Congress. In 1977, Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendra Nath Sengupta of Congress. ^{[10] [17]}

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 ^[3] defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress.

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. "160 - Belgachia West 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