Beleghata Assembly constituency

Beleghata
Beleghata
Constituency No. 164 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Established	1977
Total electors	250,880
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Paresh Paul
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, Beleghata Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Ward Nos. 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 57 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Borough	Ward No.	Councillor
IV	28	Ayan Chakraborty	Trinamool Congress
III	29	Iqbal Ahmed
	30	Papiya Ghosh
	33	Chinu Biswas
	34	Alokananda Das
	35	Ashutosh Das
V	36	Sachin Kumar Singh
VII	57	Jiban Saha

Beleghata Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

	Member	Party affiliation
1977	Krishnapada Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
1982	Krishnapada Ghosh
1987	Manabendra Mukherjee
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011	Paresh Paul	All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata
Party		Candidate	Votes
	AITC	Kunal Ghosh
	BJP	Partha Chaudhury
	CPI(M)	Paramita Roy
	INC	Shahina Javed
	None of the above (India)	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	1,03,182	65.10	+12.28
	BJP	Kashinath Biswas	36,042	22.74	+15.57
	CPI(M)	Rajib Biswas	14,045	8.86
	None of the above (India)	None of the Above	1,564	0.99
	IND	Surendar Tewari	1,168	0.74
Majority			67,140	42.78
Turnout			1,58,506	63.18
	AITC hold		Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	84,843	52.82	−4.63
	CPI(M)	Rajib Biswas	58,664	36.53	−1.39
	BJP	Partha Chaudhury	11,516	7.17	+5.51
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,153	1.96	New
	IND	Arun Kumar Das	990	0.62
Majority			26,179	16.29	−3.24
Turnout			1,60,613	66.38	−4.16
	AITC hold		Swing	-4.63

2011[edit | edit source]

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2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Beleghata
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Paresh Paul	93,185	57.45
	CPI(M)	Anadi Kumar Sahu	61,497	37.92
	BJP	Arun Shaw	2,690	1.66
	IND	Surendar Tewari	1,727	1.06
Majority			31,688	19.53
Turnout			1,62,195	70.54

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[delimitation-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

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[vidhansabha2011-10] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

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