Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Shyampukur including Colootola and Kumartuli
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Shyampukur including Colootola and Kumartuli Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′56″N 88°22′08″E / 22.59889°N 88.36889°ECoordinates: 22°35′56″N 88°22′08″E / 22.59889°N 88.36889°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Constituency No	166
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	24. Kolkata Uttar
Electoral system	First past the post

Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: শ্যামপুকুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. This page also contains information about the defunct Colootola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Kumartuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 166 Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 and 26 of Kolkata municipal corporation.^[1]

Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]Prior to the Indian general election, 2009 it was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Shyampukur	Hemanta Kumar Basu	All India Forward Bloc[3]
	Colootola	Nepal Chandra Roy	Forward Bloc (MG)[3]
1957	Shyampukur	Hemanta Kumar Basu	All India Forward Bloc[4]
1962		Hemanta Kumar Basu	All India Forward Bloc[5]
1967		G.C.Dey	Indian National Congress[6]
1969		Hemanta Kumar Basu	All India Forward Bloc[7]
1971		?	[8]
1972		Barid Baran Das	Indian National Congress[9]
1977		Nalini Kanta Guha	All India Forward Bloc[10]
1982		Kiron Chowdhury	Indian National Congress[11]
1987		Kiron Chowdhury	Indian National Congress[12]
1991		Santi Ranjan Ganguly	All India Forward Bloc[13]
1996		Santi Ranjan Ganguly	All India Forward Bloc[14]
2001		Subrata Bose	All India Forward Bloc[15]
2004-By		Jiban Prakash Saha	All India Forward Bloc[16]
2006		Jiban Prakash Saha	All India Forwad Bloc[17]
2011		Dr. Sashi Panja	All India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Shyampukur constituency^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Trinamool Congress	Dr. Shashi Panja	53,507	45.80	-12.16
	Forward Bloc	Piyali Paul	40,352	34.54	-1.93
	BJP	Som Mandal	18,378	15.73	+12.08
	SUCI(C)	Subir Samanta	619	0.52
	Independent	Tarkesh Rai	473	0.40
	Independent	Sampa Basu	262	0.22
	Independent	Bikash Dey	203	0.17
	Independent	Ashim Das	173	0.14
	Independent	Chhaya Ghosh	149	0.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,700	2.31
Majority			13,155	11.26
Turnout			116,816
	Trinamool Congress hold		Swing

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	11	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	6
Forward Bloc	0	1
Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

2011

In the 2011 elections, Shashi Panja of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Jiban Prakash Saha of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Shyampukur constituency^[18][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Trinamool Congress	Dr. Shashi Panja	72,904	57.96	13.24
	Forward Bloc	Jiban Saha	45,868	36.47	-16.06
	BJP	Ganesh Dhanania	4,598	3.65
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Roy	575
	Independent	Bikash Dey	521
	Independent	Sumanta Saha	420
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Sonkar	404
	Independent	Mithu Dey	296
	Independent	Sanjoy Biswas	180
Turnout			125766
	Trinamool Congress gain from Forward Bloc		Swing

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	11	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	6
Forward Bloc	0	1
Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

1977-2006

In the 2006 general elections and 2004 by-elections Jiban Prakash Saha of Forward Bloc won the Shyampukur assembly defeating his nearest rivals, Samik Bhattacharya of BJP in 2006 and Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2004. The by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA, Subrata Bose, to parliament from Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). In 2001, Subrata Bose of Forward Bloc defeated Pulak Chandra Das of Trinamool Congress. Santi Ranjan Ganguly of Forward Bloc won the seat defeating Samir Chakraborty of Congress in 1991 and Shyamal Banerjee of Congress in 1996. Kiron Chowdhury of Congress defeated Nalini Kanta Guha of Forward Bloc in 1987 and 1982. Nalini Kanta Guha of Forward Bloc won the seat in 1977 defeating Benoy Sircar of Janata Party.^[21][22]

1951-1972

Barid Baran Das of Congress won in 1972. Hemanta Kumar Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1969. G.C.Dey of Congress won in 1967. Hemanta Kumar Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1962, 1957 and in independent India’s first election in 1951.^[3]

Kumartuli

In 1951 there was a seat at Kumartuli. It was won by Nepal Chandra Roy of Forward Bloc (MG).^[3]

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