Belgachia East Assembly constituency
Former Legislative Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India
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Belgachia East Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Belgachia East | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 139 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dum Dum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | None |
Overview
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Belgachia East Assembly constituency ceased to exist from 2011.[1]
It was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Ganesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Lakshmi Charan Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Ganapati Sur | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2009^ | Sujit Bose | Trinamool Congress | |
- ^ by-election
Results
1977-2009 Belgachia East
In the by-election held in 2009 as a result of the death of the sitting MLA Subhas Chakraborty, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress won the 139 Belgachia East seat defeating Ramala Chakrabarty of CPI(M).[3][4] Subhas Chakrabarty of CPI(M) won the Belgachia East seat seven times in a row from 1977 to 2006. In 2006[5] and 2001,[6] he defeated Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress. In 1996[7] he defeated Arunava Ghosh of Congress. In 1991[8] and 1987,[9] he defeated Kumares Basu of Congress. In 1982[10] he defeated Shyamal Bhattacharjee of Congress. In 1977, he defeated Samir Chatterjee of Janata Party.[11][12]
1951-1972 Belgachia
During the period there was only one seat for Belgachia. Ganapati Sur of Congress defeated Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) in 1972.[13] Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1971,[14] Suchit Kumar Sur of Congress in 1969[15] and Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1967.[16] Ganesh Ghosh of CPI won the seat defeating Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1962,[17] Nandalal Banerjee of Congress in 1957[18] and in independent India's first election in 1951 defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress.[19]