Kashipur-Belgachhia Assembly constituency

Cossipore Belgachhia
Constituency No. 168 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kashipur Belgachhia Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Established	1951
Total electors	223,702
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Atin Ghosh
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Cossipore Belgachhia Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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

• Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. ^[1]

Borough	Ward No.	Councillor	2021 Winner
I	1	Kartick Chandra Manna		Trinamool Congress
	2	Kakali Sen
	3	Debika Chakraborty
	4	Goutam Haldar
	5	Tarun Saha
	6	Suman Singh

Kashipur Belgachhia Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Biswanath Roy		Indian National Congress
1957	Deben Sen		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Sunil Kumar Dasgupta		Indian National Congress
1967	S.K. Roy
1969	Vishnu Gopal Basu		Communist Party of India
1971	Prafulla Kanti Ghosh		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee		Communist Party of India
1982	Prafulla Kanti Ghosh		Indian National Congress
1987	Dipak Chanda		Communist Party of India
1991
1996	Tarak Bandyopadhyay		Indian National Congress
2001			Trinamool Congress
2006
2011	Mala Saha
2016
2021	Atin Ghosh

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Cossipore-Belgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Atin Ghosh	76,182	56.48	+6.08
	BJP	Shibaji Singha Roy	40,792	30.24	+16.79
	CPI(M)	Pratip Dasgupta	14,757	10.94	−21.46
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,577	1.17	−0.67
	BSP	Shio Kumar Khatik	539	0.40
Majority			35,390	26.53
Turnout			1,34,970	60.33
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Cossipore-Belgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mala Saha	72,264	50.40	−11.28
	CPI(M)	Kaninika Ghosh Bose	46,454	32.40	−0.85
	BJP	Aditya Tandon	19,293	13.45	+10.33
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,646	1.84	New
	BSP	Md Azimullah	989	0.69
Majority			25,810	18.00	−10.43
Turnout			1,43,391	64.84	−2.46
	AITC hold		Swing	-11.28

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Cossipore-Belgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mala Saha	87,408	61.68
	CPI(M)	Kaninika Ghosh Bose	47,124	33.25
	BJP	Aditya Tandon	4,420	3.12
	BSP	Rakesh Kumar Kori	1,241	0.88
Majority			40,284	28.43
Turnout			1,41,721	67.30
	AITC win

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.