Tollygunj Assembly constituency
West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency
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Tollygunge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (7 times) (43.8%)
- Trinamool Congress (5 times) (31.2%)
- Indian National Congress (2 times) (12.5%)
- Communist Party of India (1 time) (6.25%)
- Praja Socialist Party (1 time) (6.25%)
| Tollygunge | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 152 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Tollygunge Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 269,582 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Tollygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Earlier, before 2011,Tollygunge assembly constituency was consist of Ward Nos. 81, 89, 94, 95, 97, 98 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
| Borough | Ward No. | Councillor | 2021 Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 94 | Sandip Nandi Majumdar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 95 | Tapan Dasgupta | |||
| 97 | Debabrata Majumdar | |||
| 98 | Arup Chakraborty | |||
| 100 | Prosenjit Das | |||
| XI | 111 | Sandip Das | ||
| 112 | Gopal Roy | |||
| 113 | Anita Kar Majumdar Sil | |||
| 114 | Biswajit Mandal | |||
Tollygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Priya Ranjan Sen (Tollygunge Uttar) (Consists Ward No. 89,94,97) |
Indian National Congress | |
| Ambika Chakrabarty (Tollygunge Dakshin) (Consists Ward No. 98,99,100) |
Communist Party of India | ||
| 1957 | Haridas Mitra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Niranjan Sengupta | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Satyapriya Roy | ||
| 1972 | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Prasanta Sur | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Aroop Biswas | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Papiya Adhikari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Papiya Adhikari | 88,407 | 42.99 | ||
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 82,394 | 40.06 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas | 30,335 | 14.75 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,501 | 0.73 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 205661 | ||||
| BJP gain from TMC | Swing | ||||
2021 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 101,440 | 51.4 | +4.65 | |
| BJP | Babul Supriyo | 51,360 | 26.02 | +18.36 | |
| CPI(M) | Debdut Ghosh | 40,597 | 20.57 | −21.01 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,310 | 1.17 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Debabrata Bera | 454 | 0.23 | ||
| Majority | 50,080 | 25.64 | |||
| Turnout | 1,97,642 | 73.28 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 90,603 | 46.75 | −9.42 | |
| CPI(M) | Madhuja Sen Roy | 80,707 | 41.58 | +0.54 | |
| BJP | Mohan Rao | 14,835 | 7.66 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3719 | 1.92 | ||
| IND | Dr. Dipankar Sarkar | 1,627 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 9,896 | 5.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,94,165 | 75.34 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Left Front+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
2011
In the 2011 election, Aroop Biswas defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 1,02,743 | 56.17 | +9.50 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas | 75,073 | 41.04 | −5.10 | |
| BJP | Bibekananda Sinha Roy | 2,931 | 1.60 | ||
| IND | Debashis Das | 959 | 0.52 | ||
| IND | Koyel Basu Thakur | 765 | 0.42 | ||
| Majority | 27,670 | 15.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,83,026 | 78.08 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
2006
In the 2006 election, Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 46,378 | 46.67 | +0.07 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas | 45,852 | 46.14 | +5.10 | |
| INC | Tulsidas Mukherjee | 5,984 | 6.00 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Shil | 1154 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 526 | (0.5%) | |||
| Turnout | 99,375 | (69.3%) | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2001
In the 2001 election, Pankaj Kumar Banerjee defeated his nearest rival Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 50,424 | 46.60 | −1.59 | |
| CPI(M) | Goutam Banerjee | 44,593 | 41.04 | −4.75 | |
| BJP | Keshab Saha | 3,683 | 1.60 | ||
| PDS | Dr. Sudeshna Choudhury | 934 | |||
| Independent | Amit Acharjee | 283 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Ganguly | 279 | |||
| Turnout | 182,917 | 78.71 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | 12.18# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
1996
In the 1996 election, Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ashis Roy of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 53,871 | 48.19 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ashis Roy | 51,189 | 45.79 | ||
| BJP | Gautam Biswas | 6,451 | 5.77 | ||
| Independent | Ashis Banik | 286 | 0,26 | ||
| Turnout | 114,086 | 77.38 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 12.18# | |||
1991
In the 1991 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 42,706 | 44.18 | ||
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 42,379 | 43.85 | ||
| BJP | Gautam Biswas | 10,077 | 10.43 | ||
| Independent | Sachin Sen | 1170 | 1,21 | ||
| Independent | Amal Dey | 167 | 0,17 | ||
| Independent | Jalodhir Ranjan Das | 156 | 0,16 | ||
| Turnout | 182,917 | 78.71 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
1987
In the 1987 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 45,497 | |||
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 40,603 | |||
| Independent | Gurupada Sengupta | 661 | |||
| Independent | Malay Sanyal | 231 | |||
| Independent | Amitava Guha Thakurata | 77 | |||
| Turnout | 87,069 | 72.87 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
1982
In the 1982 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Asim Datta of Congress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 41,857 | 60.69 | ||
| INC | Asim Datta | 24,294 | 35.23 | ||
| Independent | Debaprasad Chatterjee | 2,536 | 3.68 | ||
| Independent | Maloy Sanyal | 280 | 0.41 | ||
| Turnout | 70,399 | 69.92 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977
In the 1977 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 26,905 | 49.43 | ||
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 17,455 | 32.60 | ||
| JP | Sushil Kumar Basu | 9,578 | 17.59 | ||
| Independent | Sajal Roy | 502 | 0.92 | ||
| Turnout | 54,446 | 56.35 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[9] Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress won the Tollyganj seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M) in 2001,[6]: 171 and Ashis Roy of CPI(M) in 1996 representing Congress.[7]: 170 Prasanta Sur of CPI(M) defeated Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1991[10] and 1987,[11] Asim Dutta of Congress in 1982,[12] and Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[13][14]
1952-1972
Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress, won in 1972 defeating Prasanta Sur of CPIM.[15] Satya Priya Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.[16] Niranjan Sengupta of CPI(M)/CPI won in 1969,[17] 1967[18] and 1962.[19] Haridas Mitra of PSP won in 1957.[20] In independent India's first election in 1952[21] Tollyganj had three seats. Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress won from Tollygunge Uttar Assembly constituency, Ambica Chakraborty of CPI won from Tollygunge Dakshin Assembly constituency and Jyotish Joarder an Independent won from Tollyganj Assembly constituency.
