Tollygunj Assembly constituency

Tollygunge
Constituency No. 152 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyJadavpur
Established1951
Total electors269,582
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Tollygunge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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

Tollygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1][2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1952 Tollygunge Uttar Priya Ranjan Sen Indian National Congress[3]
Tollygunge Dakshin 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 Satyapriya Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972 Pankaj Kumar Banerjee 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 Kumar Banerjee Indian National Congress[14]
2001 Pankaj Kumar Banerjee Trinamool Congress[15]: 8 
2006 Aroop Biswas Trinamool Congress[16]
2011 Aroop Biswas Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Aroop Biswas Trinamool Congress
2021 Aroop Biswas Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021 election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tollyganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Biswas 101,440 51.4 +4.65
BJP Babul Supriyo 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

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

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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Tollyganj 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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Tollyganj constituency[15]: 342 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Pankaj Kumar 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

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

West Bengal state assembly election, 1996: Tollyganj constituency[14]: 347 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pankaj Kumar 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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 1991: Tollyganj constituency[15][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prasanta Sur 42,706 44.18 +3.48#
INC Pankaj Kumar 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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 1987: Tollyganj constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prasanta Sur 45,497
INC Pankaj Kumar 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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 1982: Tollyganj 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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 1977: Tollyganj constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prasanta Sur 26,905 49.43
INC Pankaj Kumar 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

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress won the Tollyganj 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 Kumar 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 Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1991[13] and 1987,[12] Asim Dutta of Congress in 1982,[11] and Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[10][21]

1952-1972

Pankaj Kumar 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 1952[3] Tollyganj had three seats. Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress won from Tollygunge Uttar Assembly constituency, Ambica Chakraborty of CPI won from Tollygunge Dakshin Assembly constituency and Jyotish Joarder an Independent won from Tollyganj Assembly constituency.

References

Notes

Citations

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  14. ^ a b c "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL". New Delhi: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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