Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Jorasanko
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jorasanko Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′06″N 88°21′29″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Constituency No	165
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	24. Kolkata Uttar
Electoral system	First past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 165 Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 22, 23, 25, 27, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Prior to the 2009 Indian general election it was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Jorasanko	Amarendra Nath Basu	Forward Bloc (MG)[3]
	Colootola	Anandi Lal Poddar	Indian National Congress[3]
1957	Jorasanko	Anandi Lal Poddar	Indian National Congress[4]
1962		Badri Prasad Poddar	Indian National Congress[5]
1967		R.K.Poddar	Indian National Congress[6]
1969		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[7]
1971		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[8]
1972		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[9]
1977		Vishnu Kant Shastri	Janata Party[10]
1982		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[11]
1987		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[12]
1991		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[13]
1996		Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[14]
2001		Satya Narain Bajaj	All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006		Dinesh Bajaj	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2011		Smita Bakshi	All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016		Smita Bakshi	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2016

In 2016. Smita Bakshi of AITMC was reelected for a second term, with a reduced majority. BJP candidate Rahul Sinha came second by a very small margin.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jorasanko

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Smita Bakshi	44,766	42.85	-8.26
	BJP	Rahul Sinha	38,476	36.83	+21.70
	RJD	Avinash Kumar Agarwal [18]	15,639	14.97	N/A
	BSP	Uttam Mali	816	0.78	+0.31
	SUCI(C)	Bijnan Kumar Bera	641	0.61	N/A
	Independent	Uttam Acharya	618	0.59	+0.23
	Independent	Sunil Roy	306	0.29	N/A
	JD(S)	Manoj Kumar Jaiswal	300	0.28	N/A
	Independent	Biswabasu Mukherjee	296	0.28	+0.09
	Independent	Shyamal Samaddar	218	0.20	N/A
	Independent	Sanjeev Kumar Jain	180	0.17	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,374	2.27	N/A
Majority			6,290	6.02	-21.76
Turnout			104,450	53.62	-2.26
	AITC hold		Swing	-14.98

2011

In the 2011 election, Smita Bakshi of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Janki Singh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jorasanko constituency[17][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Smita Bakshi	57,972	51.11	-6.32
	CPI (M)	Janki Singh	26,463	23.33	-15.52
	BJP	Meena Devi Purohit	17,161	15.13
	JD(U)	Md. Sohrab	8,526	7.52
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Jaiswal	553	0.49
	BSP	Arvind Singh	529	0.47
	Independent	Subhash Singh	474	0.42
	Independent	Uttam Acharya	407	0.36
	Jago Party	Birendra Singh	369	0.33
	Independent	Munni Hela	269	0.24
	Independent	Biswabasu Mukherji	213	0.19
	SJP(R)	Sunil Roy	184	0.16
	Independent	Kanailal Maity	162	0.14
	Independent	Bipin Das	141	0.12
Majority			31,509	27.78
Turnout			113,419	55.88
	AITC hold		Swing

Md. Sohrab, a rebel Ex-RJD Candidate and MLA from Bazabazar in 2006 contesting as an JD(U), was suspended from the party.[20]

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	11	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	6
Forward Bloc	0	1
Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dinesh Bajaj of Trinamool Congress won the Jorasanko assembly seat defeating Shyam Sundar Gupta of Forward Bloc. Satya Narain Bajaj of Trinamool Congress defeated Shyam Sundar Gupta of Forward Bloc in 2001. Deokinandan Poddar of Congress defeated Satish Narayan Bajaj of Forward Bloc in 1996, Sukumar Das of Forward Bloc in 1991 and 1987, and Shyam Sundar Gupta of Forward Bloc in 1982. Vishnu Kant Shastri representing Janata Party defeated Deokinandan Poddar of Congress in 1977.[21]

1951-1972

Deokinandan Poddar of Congress won in 1972,[9] 1971[8] and 1969.[7] R.K.Poddar of Congress won in 1967.[6] Badri Prasad Poddar of Congress won in 1962. Anandi Lal Poddar of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951[3] Amarendra Nath Basu of Forward Bloc (MG) won the Jorasanko seat.

Colootola

In 1951 there was a seat at Colootola. Anandi Lal Poddar of Congress won it.[3]

References

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17. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
18. Joint candidate of CPI(M), Congress, JD(U) and NCP
19. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jorasanko. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
20. India, Press Trust of (4 February 2016). "Police issue notice to Md Sohrab, elder son in Red Road case". Business Standard India.
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