Behala Paschim
Constituency No. 154 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Behala Paschim Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Established1952
Total electors313,005
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndependent
Elected year2021

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area) in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 154 Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Behala West was earlier part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
Behala
1952Biren RoyAll India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3]
1957Rabindra Nath MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[4][5]
1962
Behala West
1967Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6][7][8]
1969
1971
1972Biswanath ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India[9]
1977Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10][11][12]
1982
1987
1991Nirmal Mukherjee[13][14]
1996
2001Partha ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim
2011Partha ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016
2021

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, Srabanti Chatterjee of BJP [17]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Partha Chatterjee 114,778 49.51 +2.61
BJP Srabanti Chatterjee 63,894 27.56 +19.36
CPI(M) Nihar Bhakta 47,509 20.49 -22.31
NOTA None of the above 2,433 1.05 -0.81
IND Sanat Kumar Bhakat 873 0.38
Majority 50,884 22.14 +17.85
Turnout 2,32,249 74.15
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Partha Chatterjee 1,02,114 46.90 -16.06
CPI(M) Kaustav Chatterjee 93,218 42.80 +8.90
BJP Harikrishna Dutta 17,962 8.20 +6.11
NOTA None of the above 4,137 1.86 N/A
SUCI(C) Mrityunjoy Roy 1,494 0.70 N/A
Majority 8,896 4.01 -24.96
Turnout 2,22,253 75.49 -1.90
AITC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim[16][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Partha Chatterjee 1,27,870 62.96 10.57#
CPI(M) Anupam Debsarkar 68,849 33.90 -11.54
BJP Amalendu Roy Chowdhary 4,248 2.09
IND Jayanta Datta 2,140 1.05
Majority 59,021 29.06
Turnout 2,03,218 77.87
AITC hold Swing 22.11#

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

2006

In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Chatterjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Behala Paschim constituency[16][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Partha Chatterjee 82,259 48.80
CPI(M) Niranjan Chatterjee 76,532 45.40
INC Anjali Mukherjee 5,979 3.60
Independent Samir Kumar Halder 1,062 0.60
Independent Tuhin Sarkar 999 0.60
Independent Ashoke Kumar Halder 957 0.60
Independent Nirmal Mukherjee 648 0.40
Majority 5,727 3.4
Turnout 168,504 74.7
AITC hold Swing

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

1977-2001

Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996,[13] and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991.[14] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1987,[12] Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1982[11] and Subodh Chandra Das of Congress in 1977.[10][21]

1952-1972

Biswanath Chakraborty of CPI won in 1972.[9] Rabin 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 1952,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 "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.
    3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, 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. 1 2 3 4 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
    17. ↑ "BJP fields actor Srabanti Chatterjee against Partha Chatterjee in Behala West".
    18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
    19. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
    20. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
    21. ↑ "113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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