Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Shyampukur is an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 166 Shyampukur is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 and 26 of Kolkata municipal corporation.
Shyampukur is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar. Prior to the 2009 Indian general election it was part of Calcutta North West.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2016

2011

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

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. 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.

1951-1972

Barid Baran Das of Congress won in 1972. No candidate was elected from Shyampukur in the 1971 election. On February 20, 1971 the Forward Bloc candidate Hemanta Kumar Basu was assassinated and the election was countermanded. In the end no election was held as Ajit Kumar Biswas, who the Forward Bloc had fielded after the death of Basu, was also killed. 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.

Kumartuli

In 1951 there was a seat at Kumartuli. It was won by Nepal Chandra Roy of Forward Bloc.