Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Rashbehari is a most prestigious area of South Kolkata and also one of the oldest place of kolkata.

Rashbehari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rashbehari Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°31′05″N 88°21′32″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Constituency No	160
MLA	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Lok Sabha constituency	23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electoral system	First past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 160 Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 and 93 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]

History

Considering the contributions made by Rash Behari Ghosh for the people of India, a street was named after him in Kolkata.[6] Rashbehari Avenue, named after him, starts from Kalighat Metro station and runs eastwards to Ballygunge and Gariahat.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Rashbehari Avenue	Sunil Das	Praja Socialist Party[2]
1962		Bejoy Kumar Banerjee	Independent[3]
1967		Bejoy Kumar Banerjee	Independent[4]
1969		Bejoy Kumar Banerjee	Independent[5]
1971	Rashbehari	Lakshmi Kanta Basu	Indian National Congress[6]
1972		Lakshmi Kanta Bose	Indian National Congress[7]
1977	Rashbehari Avenue	Ashok Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982		Hoimi Basu	Indian National Congress[9]
1987		Hoimi Bosu	Indian National Congress[10]
1991		Hoimi Basu	Indian National Congress[11]
1996		Hoimi Basu	Indian National Congress[12]
Bye-Election,1998		Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	West Bengal Trinamool Congress[12]
2001		Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006		Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Rashbehari
2011	Rashbehari	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress[15]

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rashbehari constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	60,857	44.23
	INC	Ashutosh Chatterjee	46,304	33.65
	BJP	Samir Banerjee	23,381	16.99
	SUCI(C)	Swati Ghosh	1,335	0.97
	BSP	Omprakash Prajapati	968	0.70
	Independent	Uttam Kumar Das	587	0.42
	Independent	Tarulata Dutta	553	0.40
	NOTA	None of the above	3,872	2.81
Majority			14,553	10.58
Turnout			137,857
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Santanu Bose of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rashbehari constituency[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	88,892	65.60	+11.10
	CPI (M)	Santanu Bose	38,998	28.80	+8.60
	BJP	Jiban Sen	5,108	3.80
	LJP	Mita Biswas	1,059	0.80
	Independent	Deb Kumar Das	983	0.70
	Independent	Ashim Halder	563	0.43
Majority			49,894	36.8
Turnout
	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

2006

In the 2006 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Mala Roy of INC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Rashbehari constituency[14][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	34,819	54.50
	INC	Mala Roy	12,917	20.20
	NCP	Tarun Kumar Bandyopadhyay	12,884	20.20
	Independent	Shibajee Dey	2,029	3.20
	Independent	Dipankar Naskar	347	0.5
	Independent	Shankar Das	309	0.3
	Independent	Kajal Das	295	0.2
	Independent	Pranab Bhattacharjee	292	0.2
Majority			21,883	34.3
Turnout			63851
	AITC hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sitaram Behani of JD(S).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Rashbehari constituency[13][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	41,562	64.33
	JD(S)	Sitaram Behani	14,174	21.94
	BJP	Samir Chatterjee	4,882	7.56
	PDS	Sankar Banerjee	1,555	2.41
	Independent	Dipankar Naskar	1,442	2.23
	Independent	Kundan Kumar Das	991	1.53
Turnout			64606	52.11
	AITC hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1998 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 1998 following the death of Congress MLA of Rashbehari Avenue,Hoimi Basu and resignation of the sitting Congress MLA of Baruipur, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay who was switched to Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal state assembly bye election, 1998: Rashbehari Avenue constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Trinamool Congress	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	31,979	53.44
	CPI (M)	Biplab Chatterjee	18,446	30.83
	INC	Soumyadeep Basu	9,052	15.13
	Independent	Kanika Mukherjee	117	0.20
	Independent	Amalendu Ghosh	105	0.18
	Independent	Kalyan Kumar Rakshit	74	0.12
	Independent	Samir Guha	44	0.12
	Independent	Mridula Mukherjee	24	0.12
Turnout			60,583	50.05
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 1998.

1977-2006

In the 2006[14] and 2001[13] state assembly elections, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress won the Rashbehari Avenue assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Mala Roy of Congress and Sitaram Behani of JD(S) respectively. Hoimi Basu of Congress defeated Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) in 1996,[12] Ashim Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1991,[11] Arun Prokas Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1987,[10] and Ashok Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[9] Ashok Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Ashoke Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.[8][19]

1957-1972

Lakshmi Kanta Bose of Congress defeated Sachin Sen of CPI(M) in 1972[7] and 1971.[6] Bejoy Kumar Banerjee, Independent, defeated Harendranath Ghosh of Congress in 1969,[5] G.Mukherjee of Congress and Sunil Das of PSP in 1967[4] and Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress and Sunil Das of PSP in 1962.[3] Sunil Das of PSP defeated Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress, Debajyoti Barman, Independent, and others in 1957.[2] Prior to that the Rashbehari Avenue seat was not there.

References

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11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
15. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 160. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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