Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Shyampukur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Shyampukur
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′56″N 88°22′08″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
Constituency No166
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency24. Kolkata Uttar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 166 Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 and 26 of Kolkata municipal corporation.[1]

Shyampukur (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		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951ShyampukurHemanta Kumar BasuAll India Forward Bloc[3]
ColootolaNepal Chandra RoyForward Bloc (MG)[3]
1957ShyampukurHemanta Kumar BasuAll India Forward Bloc[4]
1962Hemanta Kumar BasuAll India Forward Bloc[5]
1967G.C.DeyIndian National Congress[6]
1969Hemanta Kumar BasuAll India Forward Bloc[7]
1971vacant[8][9]
1972Barid Baran DasIndian National Congress[10]
1977Nalini Kanta GuhaAll India Forward Bloc[11]
1982Kiron ChowdhuryIndian National Congress[12]
1987Kiron ChowdhuryIndian National Congress[13]
1991Santi Ranjan GangulyAll India Forward Bloc[14]
1996Santi Ranjan GangulyAll India Forward Bloc[15]
2001Subrata BoseAll India Forward Bloc[16]
2004-ByJiban Prakash SahaAll India Forward Bloc[17]
2006Jiban Prakash SahaAll India Forward Bloc[18]
2011Dr. Sashi PanjaAll India Trinamool Congress[19]

Election results

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Shyampukur constituency[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Shashi Panja 53,507 45.80 -12.16
AIFB Piyali Pal Roy 40,352 34.54 -1.93
BJP Som Mandal 18,378 15.73 +12.08
SUCI(C) Subir Samanta 619 0.52
Independent Tarkesh Rai 473 0.40
Independent Sampa Basu 262 0.22
Independent Bikash Dey 203 0.17
Independent Ashim Das 173 0.14
Independent Chhaya Ghosh 149 0.12
NOTA None of the above 2,700 2.31
Majority 13,155 11.26
Turnout 116,816
AITC hold Swing
 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

2011

In the 2011 elections, Shashi Panja of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Jiban Prakash Saha of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Shyampukur constituency[19][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Shashi Panja 72,904 57.96 13.24
AIFB Jiban Saha 45,868 36.47 -16.06
BJP Ganesh Dhanania 4,598 3.65
Independent Sushil Kumar Roy 575
Independent Bikash Dey 521
Independent Sumanta Saha 420
Independent Sunil Kumar Sonkar 404
Independent Mithu Dey 296
Independent Sanjoy Biswas 180
Turnout 125766
AITC gain from AIFB Swing
 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 general elections and 2004 by-elections Jiban Prakash Saha of Forward Bloc won the Shyampukur assembly defeating his nearest rivals, Samik Bhattacharya of BJP in 2006 and Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2004. The by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA, Subrata Bose, to parliament from Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). In 2001, Subrata Bose of Forward Bloc defeated Pulak Chandra Das of Trinamool Congress. Santi Ranjan Ganguly of Forward Bloc won the seat defeating Samir Chakraborty of Congress in 1991 and Shyamal Banerjee of Congress in 1996. Kiron Chowdhury of Congress defeated Nalini Kanta Guha of Forward Bloc in 1987 and 1982. Nalini Kanta Guha of Forward Bloc won the seat in 1977 defeating Benoy Sircar of Janata Party.[22][23]

1951-1972

Barid Baran Das of Congress won in 1972. No candidate was elected from Shyampukur in the 1971 election. On February 20, 1971 the Forward Bloc candidate Hemanta Kumar Basu was assassinated and the election was countermanded. In the end no election was held as Ajit Kumar Biswas, who the Forward Bloc had fielded after the death of Basu, was also killed.[8] Hemanta Kumar Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1969. G.C.Dey of Congress won in 1967. Hemanta Kumar Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1962, 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.[3]

Kumartuli

In 1951 there was a seat at Kumartuli. It was won by Nepal Chandra Roy of Forward Bloc (MG).[3]

References
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