Kashipur-Belgachhia

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

Kashipur Belgachhia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kashipur Belgachhia
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°36′36″N 88°23′06″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
Constituency No168
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency24. Kolkata Uttar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 168 Kashipur Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Kolkata municipal corporation.[1]

Kashipur Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011Kashipur-BelgachhiaMala SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[2]

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Belgachia West (Vidhan Sabha constituency), and Cossipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Election results

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kashipur-Belgachhia
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Mala Saha 72,264 50.39 -11.28
CPI (M) Kaninika Bose-Ghosh 46,454 32.39 -0.86
BJP Aditya Tandon 19,293 13.45 +10.34
BSP Md. Azimullah 989 0.68 -0.19
Independent Jyotsna Ray Pain 683 0.47 N/A
Independent Tapas Ghosh 553 0.38 N/A
Independent Ashoke Kumar Naskar 509 0.35 -0.05
NOTA None of the above 2,646 1.84 N/A
Majority 25,810 18.00 -10.42
Turnout 143,391
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Mala Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Kaninika Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kashipur-Belgachia constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Mala Saha 87,408 61.67
CPI (M) Kaninika Ghosh 47,124 33.25
BJP Aditya Tandon 4,420 3.11
BSP Rakesh Kumar Kori 1,241 0.87
Independent Sourav Mitra 951 0.67
Independent Ashoke Kumar Naskar 577 0.40
Majority 40,284 28.42
Turnout 141,721 67.32
AITC win (new seat)
 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

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References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kashipur-Belgachia. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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