SilasCorrie: general update citations based on references and improved wording

2026-03-27T06:12:57Z

general update citations based on references and improved wording

ImportMaster: robot: Import articles to fix broken redirects

2022-07-26T09:12:05Z

robot: Import articles to fix broken redirects

New page

{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
| name = Chowrangee
| parl_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Chowrangee.map}}
| image_size = 300
| caption = Interactive Map Outlining Chowrangee Assembly Constituency
| alt =
| mla = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| constituency = [[Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Uttar]]
| constituency_no = 162
| established = 1957
| electors = 208,157
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Chowrangee Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 162 Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 44, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|44]], [[Ward No. 45, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|45]], [[Ward No. 46, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|46]], [[Ward No. 47, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|47]], [[Ward No. 48, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|48]], [[Ward No. 49, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|49]], [[Ward No. 50, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|50]], [[Ward No. 51, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|51]], [[Ward No. 52, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|52]], [[Ward No. 53, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|53]] and [[Ward No. 62, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|62]] of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=22 February 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 [[Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> Prior to the [[2009 Indian general election]] it was part of [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2010-11-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election Year!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|rowspan="6"style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|[[Bijoy Singh Nahar]]
|rowspan="6"|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Sankar Ghose
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Sandip Das
|[[Janata Dal]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|[[Sisir Kumar Bose]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
|By-election, 1993
|[[Anil Chatterjee]]
|[[Independent politician|CPIM-Supported Independent]]<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Subrata Mukherjee]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="6"style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="6"|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2014by>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main1/current/ByeElecResult2014_WestBengal.pdf|title = 162 Chowrangee Assembly Constituency| work= By election 2014|publisher= Election Commission of India | access-date = 15 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|[[Subrata Bakshi]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Sikha Chowdhury(Mitra)
|-
|By-election, 2014
|rowspan="3"|[[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|
|
|}

==Election results==
===2021===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chowrangi|Chowrangee]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|votes = 70,101
|percentage = 62.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Devdutta Maji
|votes = 24,757
|percentage = 22.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Pathak
|votes = 14,266
|percentage = 12.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,212
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Swaminath Kori
|votes = 264
|percentage = 0.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 45,344
|percentage = 41.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,11,625
|percentage = 53.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =+
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chowrangi|Chowrangee]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|votes = 55,119
|percentage = 47.29
|change = +7.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Somen Mitra]]
|votes = 41,903
|percentage = 36.95
|change = +12.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ritesh Tiwari
|votes = 15,707
|percentage = 13.48
|change = -11.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,183
|percentage = 1.87
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Kartik Kumkar
|votes = 612
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,216
|percentage = 10.34
|change = -4.68
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,16,557
|percentage = 56.20
|change = +8.51
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +7.15
}}
{{Election box end}}

===By-election, 2014===

A by-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury (Mitra) who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress.<ref name=vidhansabha2014by/>
{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 2014: Chowrangee}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|votes = 38,328
|percentage = 40.14
|change = -31.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ritesh Tiwari
|votes = 23,984
|percentage = 25.12
|change = +20.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Pathak
|votes = 23,317
|percentage = 24.42
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Adv. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan
|votes = 8,890
|percentage = 9.09
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 14,344
|percentage = 15.02
|change = -37.23
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 96,650
|percentage = 47.69
|change = -4.56
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -31.76
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chowrangi|Chowrangee]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)
|votes = 79,450
|percentage = 71.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Bimal Singh
|votes = 21,711
|percentage = 19.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shahnawaz Ahmed
|votes = 4,799
|percentage = 4.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Minorities Front
|candidate = Abdul Wahab
|votes = 1,640
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 57,739
|percentage = 52.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,10,506
|percentage = 54.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box win|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kolkata constituencies}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]

Chowrangee Assembly constituency - Revision history

SilasCorrie: general update citations based on references and improved wording

ImportMaster: robot: Import articles to fix broken redirects