Alipore Assembly constituency

Alipore Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Alipore
Former constituency No. 148 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Alipore Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.^[1]

It was part of Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency),^[2]

Around half of the electorate of the constituency were slum dwellers.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Alipore	Satyendra Kumar Basu	Indian National Congress[4]
1957		Somnath Lahiri	Communist Party of India[5]
1962		Somnath Lahiri	Communist Party of India[6]
1967		Mani Sanyal	Communist Party of India[7]
1969		Mani Sanyal	Communist Party of India[8]
1971		Kanailal Sarkar	Indian National Congress[9]
1972		Kanailal Sarkar	Indian National Congress[10]
1977		Ashoke Kumar Bose	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1982		Anup Kumar Chandra	Indian National Congress[12]
1987		Saugata Roy	Indian National Congress[13]
1991		Saugata Roy	Indian National Congress[14]
1996		Saugata Roy	Indian National Congress[15]
2001		Tapas Paul	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2006		Tapas Paul	All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2009 By-election		Firhad Hakim	All India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 10 November 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Tapas Paul who was elected as MP In Parliament from Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Firhad Hakim of Trinamool Congress Defeated Kaustav Chatterjee of CPIM.

West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Alipore constituency^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Firhad Hakim	41,635
	CPI(M)	Kaustav Chatterjee	14,080
Majority			27,555
Turnout			55,745
	AITC hold		Swing

2006

In the 2006 election, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biplab Chatterjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Alipore constituency^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Paul	37,440	52.18
	CPI(M)	Biplab Chatterjee	26,138	36.43
	INC	Biswajit Deb	5,885	8.20
	Independent	Prasanta Kumar Maity	578	0.81
	BSP	Suresh Kumar Biswas	484	0.67
	Independent	Ajoy Kumar Das	408	0.57
	Independent	Ashim Saha	259	0.36
	Independent	Amarendra Nath Ghosh	219	0.31
	Independent	Murari Mohan Ghosh	187	0.26
	Independent	Deb Kumar Das	148	0.21
Majority			11,302
Turnout			71,746	60.27
	AITC hold		Swing	+12.98

1977-2009

In the 2009 by-election, Firhad Hakim (Bobby) of Trinamool Congress won the 148 Alipore assembly seat.^[18] The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Tapas Paul, to the Lok Sabha from the Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3] In 2006^[17] and 2001^[16] elections to the state assembly, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress won the seat defeating his nearest rivals Biplab Chatterjee and Mira Bhowmick respectively, both of CPI(M). Saugata Roy of Congress defeated Rathindranath Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1996,^[15] Tarhin Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1991,^[14] and Ashoke Bose of CPI(M) in 1987.^[13] Anup Kumar Chandra of Congress defeated Ashok Kumar Bose of CPI(M) in 1982.^[12] Ashoke Kumar Bose of CPI(M) defeated Salai Baran Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.^[11][20]

1951-1972

Kanailal Sarkar of Congress won in 1972^[10] and 1971.^[9] Mani Sanyal of CPI won in 1969^[8] and 1967.^[7] Somnath Lahiri of CPI won in 1962^[6] and 1957.^[5] In independent India's first election in 1951, Satendra Kumar Basu of Congress won the Alipur seat.^[4]