Chowrangee Assembly constituency

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Chowrangee
Constituency No. 162 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Chowrangee Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Uttar
Established1957
Total electors208,157
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Located at the heart of Kolkata, the capital city of the state, this has been a bastion of Trinamool Congress since the party's formation. Prior to it was a stronghold of Indian National Congress, from which party two Chief ministers, Bidhan Chandra Roy and Siddhartha Shankar Ray had been won member of seat, during the tenure.

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Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1957 Bijoy Singh Nahar Indian National Congress
1962 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
1967 Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1969
1971 Sankar Ghose
1972
1977 Sandip Das Janata Party
1982 Sisir Kumar Bose Indian National Congress
1987 Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay
1991 Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1993^Anil Chatterjee Communist Party of India
1996 Subrata Mukherjee Indian National Congress
2001 All India Trinamool Congress
2006 Subrata Bakshi
2011 Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)
2014^Nayna Bandyopadhyay
2016
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chowrangee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Nayna Bandyopadhyay 70,101 62.87
BJP Devdutta Maji24,75722.20
INC Santosh Pathak14,26612.80
NOTA None of the Above1,2121.09
BSP Swaminath Kori2640.24
Majority 45,34441.07
Turnout 1,11,62553.61
AITC hold Swing +

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chowrangee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Nayna Bandyopadhyay 55,11947.29+7.15
INC Somen Mitra 41,90336.95+12.53
BJP Ritesh Tiwari15,70713.48−11.64
None of the Above None of the Above2,1831.87New
SUCI(C) Kartik Kumkar6120.53
Majority 13,21610.34−4.68
Turnout 1,16,55756.20+8.51
AITC hold Swing +7.15

By-election, 2014

A by-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury (Mitra) who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress. [3]

By-election, 2014: Chowrangee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Nayna Bandyopadhyay 38,32840.14−31.76
BJP Ritesh Tiwari23,98425.12+20.78
INC Santosh Kumar Pathak23,31724.42New
CPI(M) Adv. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan8,8909.09New
Majority 14,34415.02−37.23
Turnout 96,65047.69−4.56
AITC hold Swing -31.76

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chowrangee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)79,45071.90
RJD Bimal Singh21,71119.65
BJP Shahnawaz Ahmed4,7994.34
AIMF Abdul Wahab1,6401.48
Majority 57,73952.25
Turnout 1,10,50654.42
AITC win

References

  1. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  3. "162 Chowrangee Assembly Constituency" (PDF). By election 2014. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2014.