Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Tollyganj
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Tollyganj is located in Kolkata
Tollyganj
Tollyganj
Location in Kolkata
Tollyganj is located in West Bengal
Tollyganj
Tollyganj
Location in West Bengal
Tollyganj is located in India
Tollyganj
Tollyganj
Location in India
Coordinates: 22°29′55″N 88°20′43″E / 22.4986°N 88.3454°E / 22.4986; 88.3454Coordinates: 22°29′55″N 88°20′43″E / 22.4986°N 88.3454°E / 22.4986; 88.3454
Country India
State West Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Constituency No152
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyJadavpur
Electorate (year)232,396 (2011)

Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 152 Tollygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 111, 112, 113 and 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Tollygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Tollyganj was earlier part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Tollygunge (North) Priya Ranjan Sen Indian National Congress[3]
Tollygunge (South) Ambika Chakrabarty Communist Party of India[3]
1957 Tollygunge Haridas Mitra Praja Socialist Party[4]
1962 Niranjan Sengupta Communist Party of India[5]
1967 Niranjan Sengupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1969 Niranjan Sengupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971 Satya Priya Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972 Pankaj Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress[9]
1977 Prasanta Sur Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982 Prasanta Sur Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987 Prasanta Sur Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991 Prasanta Sur Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996 Pankaj Banerjee Indian National Congress/Trinamool Congress[14]
2001 Pankaj Banerjee West Bengal Trinamool Congress[15]:8
2006 Aroop Biswas All India Trinamool Congress[16]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Tollyganj
2011 Tollyganj Aroop Biswas All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Aroop Biswas All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Aroop Biswas All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Biswas 1,01,440 51.4 +4.65
BJP Babul Supriyo Baral 51,360 26.02 +18.36
CPI (M) Debdut Ghosh 40,597 20.57 -21.01
NOTA None of the above 2,310 1.17
SUCI(C) Debabrata Bera 454 0.23
Majority 50,080 25.64
Turnout 1,97,642 73.28
AITC hold Swing

2016 election[edit]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Biswas 90,603 46.75 -9.42
CPI (M) Madhuja Sen Roy 80,707 41.58 +0.54
BJP Mohan Rao 14,835 7.66
NOTA None of the above 3719 1.92
IND Dr. Dipankar Sarkar 1,627 0.84
Majority 9,896 5.10
Turnout 1,94,165 75.34
AITC hold Swing 12.18#

.# Swing calculated on Left Front+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Aroop Biswas defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Biswas 1,02,743 56.17 +3.48#
CPI (M) Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas 75,064 41.04 -5.06
BJP Bibekananda Sinha Roy 2,931 1.60
IND Debashis Das 959 0.52
IND Koyel Basu Thakur 765 0.42
Majority 27,680 15.13
Turnout 1,83,026 78.08
AITC hold Swing 12.18#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006[edit]

In the 2006 election, Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Tollygunge constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Biswas 46,378 46.67 +0.10
CPI (M) Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas 45,852 46.14 +5.06
INC Tulsidas Mukherjee 5,984 6.00
Independent Dilip Shil 1154 1.20
Majority 526 (0.5%)
Turnout 99,375 (69.3%)
AITC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001[edit]

In the 2001 election, Pankaj Banerjee defeated his nearest rival Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Tollygunge constituency[15]:342
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Pankaj Banerjee 50,424 46.60 -1.59
CPI (M) Goutam Banerjee 44,593 41.04 -4.75
BJP Keshab Saha 3,683 1.60
PDS Dr. Sudeshna Choudhury 934
Independent Amit Acharjee 283
Independent Gopal Ganguly 279
Turnout 182,917 78.71
AITC gain from INC Swing 12.18#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996[edit]

In the 1996 election, Pankaj Banerjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ashis Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal state assembly election, 1996: Tollygunge constituency[14]:347
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pankaj Banerjee 53,871 48.19 +3.48#
CPI (M) Ashis Roy 51,189 45.79 -8.76
BJP Gautam Biswas 6,451 5.77
Independent Ashis Banik 286 0,26
Turnout 114,086 77.38
INC gain from CPI (M) Swing 12.18#

1991[edit]

In the 1991 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Banerjee of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1991: Tollygunge constituency[15][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Prasanta Sur 42,701 44.18 +3.48#
INC Pankaj Banerjee 42,379 43.85 -8.76
BJP Gautam Biswas 10,077 10.43
Independent Sachin Sen 1170 1,21
Independent Amal Dey 167 0,17
Independent Jalodhir Ranjan Das 156 0,16
Turnout 182,917 78.71
CPI (M) hold Swing 12.18#

1987[edit]

In the 1987 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Banerjee of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1987: Tollygunge constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Prasanta Sur 45,497
INC Pankaj Banerjee 40,603
Independent Gurupada Sengupta 661
Independent Malay Sanyal 231
Independent Amitava Guha Thakurata 77
Turnout 87,069 72.87
CPI (M) hold Swing 12.18#

1982[edit]

In the 1982 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Asim Datta of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1982: Tollygunge constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Prasanta Sur 41,857 60.69
INC Asim Datta 24,294 35.23
Independent Debaprasad Chatterjee 2,536 3.68
Independent Maloy Sanyal 280 0.41
Turnout 70,399 69.92
CPI (M) hold Swing

1977[edit]

In the 1977 election, Prasanta Sur of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 1977: Tollygunge constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Prasanta Sur 26,911 49.43
INC Pankaj Banerjee 17,455 32.60
JP Sushil Kumar Basu 9,578 17.59
Independent Sajal Roy 502 0.92
Turnout 54,446 56.35
CPI (M) hold Swing

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress won the Tollygunge seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M) in 2001,[15]:171 and Ashis Roy of CPI(M) in 1996 representing Congress.[14]:170 Prasanta Sur of CPI(M) defeated Pankaj Banerjee of Congress in 1991[13] and 1987,[12] Asim Dutta of Congress in 1982,[11] and Pankaj Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[10][21]

1951-1972[edit]

Pankaj Banerjee of Congress, won in 1972 defeating Prasanta Sur of CPIM.[9] Satya Priya Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.[8] Niranjan Sengupta of CPI(M)/CPI won in 1969,[7] 1967[6] and 1962.[5] Haridas Mitra of PSP won in 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1951[3] Tollygunge had two seats. Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress won from Tollygunge (North) constituency and Ambica Chakraborty of CPI won from Tollygunge (South) constituency.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  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. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2001 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Tollyganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  19. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Tollyganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "West Bengal Assembly Elections". Tollyganj. Empowering India.
  21. ↑ "150 - Tollygunge Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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