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{{Short description|Former constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Sealdah
| type= SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla =
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta North East]]
| constituency_no = 156
| established = 1951
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2011
}}

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

==Overview==
As a consequence of the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], Sealdah Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.<ref>{{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 = 15 November 2010 |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

It was part of [[Calcutta North East (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 = 15 November 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party affiliation
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|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]||Sealdah||[[Pannalal Bose]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 186 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]|| ||[[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]||Indian National Congress<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 133|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||[[Jatin Chakraborty]]||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<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 133|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 2 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Binoy Banerjee||Indian National Congress<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 133|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||[[Somendra Nath Mitra]]||Indian National Congress<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 133|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Binoy Banerjee||[[Janata Party]]<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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Somendra Nath Mitra||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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Somendra Nath Mitra||Indian National Congress<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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Somendra Nath Mitra||Indian National Congress<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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Somendra Nath Mitra||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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Somendra Nath Mitra||Indian National 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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Somendra Nath Mitra||Indian National Congress<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 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2009 Bye-election||||Sikha Mitra||All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2009by>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn101109.pdf |title = Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency |publisher= Election Commission of India | access-date = 24 October 2014}}</ref>
|}

==Results==
===2009 Bye-election===
A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Somendra Nath Mitra|Somen Mitra]] who was elected as [[Member of Parliament|MP]] In Parliament from [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]].Sikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress Defeated Prabir Deb of CPI.
{{Election box begin | title=Bye election, 2009: Sealdah<ref name=byElections2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/2009-10/Bye-election-2009.xls |title=Details of Assembly By-Elections 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sikha Mitra
|votes = 23,324
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Prabir Deb
|votes = 7,297
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,650
|percentage = 27.69
|change = -6.7
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,027
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box swing with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +21.27
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006===
In the 2006 elections, [[Somendra Nath Mitra]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] defeated his nearest rival Prabir Deb of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Sealdah constituency<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=150| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171213/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=150| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work = Jadavpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Somendra Nath Mitra]]
|votes = 23,011
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Prabir Deb
|votes = 10,252
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dulaleswar Roy
|votes = 5,091
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Tarun Kumar Kar
|votes = 267
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Dayanand Prasad
|votes = 219
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Swaraj Ranjan Bhattacharyya
|votes = 215
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Pradyut Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 159
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Dilip Tripathi
|votes = 99
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,759
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 393,13
|percentage = 69.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2009===
In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, [[Somendra Nath Mitra]], to the Parliament from the [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]], Shikha Mitra of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Sealdah assembly seat. In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections Somendra Nath Mitra of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won the 156 Sealdah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Prabir Deb of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 2006, Chanchal Ghosh of CPI in 2001, Arun Prakash Chatterjee of CPI in 1996, [[Ila Mitra]] of CPI in 1991, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee of CPI in 1987 and 1982. Binoy Banerjee of [[Janata Party]] had won the seat in 1977 defeating Amar Prasad Chakraborty of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/sealdah-bowbazar-bypolls-trinamool-congress | title = Sealdah, Bowbazar by-polls Trinamool Congress...!!! | publisher = Press Release Point | access-date = 2010-11-15 | archive-date = 3 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120303225746/http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/sealdah-Bowbazar-bypolls-trinamool-congress | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp156.htm |title =156 - Sealdah Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-11-15 }}</ref>

===1967-1972===
Somendranath Mitra of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1971. [[Jatin Chakraborty]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won in 1969. Pratap Chandra Chunder of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Seadah seat was not there. There was a seat at Muchipara.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web | url = http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date = 2010-10-25 | publisher = Government of West Bengal | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 13 August 2011 }}</ref>

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

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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in India]]

Sealdah Assembly constituency - Revision history

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