Baniapukur Ballygung Assembly constituency

Baniapukur Ballygung
Former constituency for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
LS constituencyCalcutta South East
Established1951
Abolished1957
ReservationNone

Baniapukur Ballygung Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

Beniapukur and Ballygunge were areas added to the Calcutta Corporation in 1889.[1] Baniapukur Ballygung was the sole two-member assembly seat in Calcutta.[2] One seat was reserved for Scheduled Castes, the other seat was unreserved.[2]

Results

In independent India's first election in 1951, Jogesh Chandra Gupta and Pulin Behari Khatic, both of Indian National Congress, won.[3] Amongst the independent candidates in the fray were Jogendra Nath Mandal, a former Minister of Pakistan, and Dr. A.M.O. Ghani.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Maitreyi Bardhan Roy (1994). Calcutta Slums: Public Policy in Retrospect. Minerva Associates (Publications). p. 1. ISBN 978-81-85195-62-9.
  2. ^ a b Benoyendra Nath Banerjea (1951). New Constitution of India. A. Mukherjee. p. 167.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 178. Election Commission. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ^ Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (3 June 2009). Decolonization in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52. Routledge. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-134-01824-6.

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