Belgachia West | |
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Former constituency No. 160 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Kolkata |
Lok Sabha constituency | Calcutta North East |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Reservation | None |
Belgachia West 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 West Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. [1]
It was part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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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] |
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]
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.