Behala Purba

Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Behala Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Behala Purba
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.4981°N 88.3108°E / 22.4981; 88.3108
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Constituency No153
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electorate (year)242,059 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 153 Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 142, 143 and 144 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin.[1] Behala East was earlier part of Jadavpur.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951BehalaBiren RoyAll India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3]
1957Rabindra Nath MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[4]
1962Rabindra Nath MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[5]
1967Behala EastNiranjan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1969Niranjan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971Niranjan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972Indrajit MajumdarIndian National Congress[9]
1977Niranjan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982Niranjan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987Niranjan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991Kumkum ChakrabortiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996Kumkum ChakrabortiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001Parash DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006Kumkum ChakrabortiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Purba
2011Behala PurbaSovan ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016Behala PurbaSovan ChatterjeeBharatiya Janata Party[18]

Election results

2011

In 2011 Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kumkum Chakraborty of CPI(M),

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Behala Purba constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovan Chatterjee 116,709 61.31 +15.33#
CPI (M) Kumkum Chakraborty 68,536 36.00 -15.33
BJP A. Biswajit Naidu 3,692
BSP Indrajit Kumar Halder 1,170
Independent Tarun Kanti Das 1,131
ABJS Dr. Arun Kumar Giri 1,005
Independent Bimal Mondal 955
Independent Sanjay Mallik 419
Turnout 190,355 78.64
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 30.50#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 19
Indian National Congress 0 2
SUCI(C) 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Kumkum Chakraborti of Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Behala East assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Parash Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) in 2001.[15] Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) defeated Sonali Guha of Congress in 1996,[14] and Sailen Dasgupta of Congress in 1991.[13] Niranjan Mukherjeee of CPI(M) defeated Debashis Bhattacharya of Congress in 1987,[12] Balaram Goswami of Congress in 1982,[11] and Indrajit Mazumdar of Congress in 1977.[10][20]

1951–1972

Indrajit Majumdar of Congress won the Behala East seat in 1972.[9] Niranjan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[8] 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962[5] and 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1951,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 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 1 November 2010.
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  4. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  18. "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  19. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Purba. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  20. "112 – Behala East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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