| Cossipore Belgachhia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 168 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 223,702 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Cossipore Belgachhia 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 the West Bengal, Kashipur-Belgachhia Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
| Borough | Ward No. | Councillor | 2021 Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | Kartick Chandra Manna | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2 | Kakali Sen | |||
| 3 | Debika Chakraborty | |||
| 4 | Goutam Haldar | |||
| 5 | Tarun Saha | |||
| 6 | Suman Singh | |||
Kashipur Belgachhia Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Biswanath Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Deben Sen | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Sunil Kumar Dasgupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | S.K. Roy | ||
| 1969 | Vishnu Gopal Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Dipak Chanda | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Mala Saha | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Atin Ghosh | ||
| 2026 | Ritesh Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 68,368 | 45.41 | 
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| AITC | Atin Ghosh | 66,717 | 44.32 | 
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| CPI(M) | Rajinder Gupta | 11,151 | 7.41 |
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| INC | Tarak Pal | 1,340 | 0.89 | New | |
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 1,250 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
Template:Election box win| 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 | |||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.