Kashipur-Belgachhia Assembly constituency

Kashipur Belgachhia Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kashipur Belgachhia
Constituency No. 168 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kashipur Belgachhia Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
LS constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Established	1951
Total electors	223,702
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Atin Ghosh
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year		Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
	1952	Biswanath Roy	Indian National Congress[2]
	1957	Deben Sen	Praja Socialist Party[3]
	1962	Sunil Kumar Dasgupta	Indian National Congress[4][5]
	1967	S.K.Roy
	1969	Vishnu Gopal Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
	1971	Prafulla Kanti Ghosh	Indian National Congress[7][8]
	1972
	1977	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
	1982	Prafulla Kanti Ghosh	Indian National Congress[10]
	1987	Dipak Chanda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11][12]
	1991
	1996	Tarak Bandyopadhyay	Indian National Congress[13]
	2001		All India Trinamool Congress[14][15]
	2006
	2011	Mala Saha
	2016
	2021	Atin Ghosh

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kashipur-Belgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Atin Ghosh	76,182	56.48	+6.08
	BJP	Shibaji Singha Roy	40,792	30.24	+16.79
	CPI(M)	Pratip Dasgupta	14,757	10.94	−21.46
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,577	1.17	−0.67
	BSP	Shio Kumar Khatik	539	0.40
Majority			35,390	26.53
Turnout			1,34,970	60.33
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kashipur-Belgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mala Saha	72,264	50.40	−11.28
	CPI(M)	Kaninika Ghosh Bose	46,454	32.40	−0.85
	BJP	Aditya Tandon	19,293	13.45	+10.33
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,646	1.84	New
	BSP	Md Azimullah	989	0.69
Majority			25,810	18.00	−10.43
Turnout			1,43,391	64.84	−2.46
	AITC hold		Swing	-11.28

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kashipur-Belgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mala Saha	87,408	61.68
	CPI(M)	Kaninika Ghosh Bose	47,124	33.25
	BJP	Aditya Tandon	4,420	3.12
	BSP	Rakesh Kumar Kori	1,241	0.88
Majority			40,284	28.43
Turnout			1,41,721	67.30
	AITC win

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 163. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 129. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 122. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 135. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 128. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 128. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 128. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.