| Alipore | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 148 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | None |
Alipore Assembly constituency was aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As a consequence of the orders of theDelimitation Commission, Alipore Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1]
It was part ofKolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency),[2]
Around half of the electorate of the constituency were slum dwellers.[3]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Satyendra Kumar Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Somnath Lahiri | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Mani Sanyal | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Kanailal Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Ashoke Kumar Bose | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Anup Kumar Chandra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Saugata Roy | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Tapas Paul | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2009^ | Firhad Hakim | ||
A bye-election was held on 10 November 2009 following the resignation of the sittingMLA,Tapas Paul who was elected asMP In Parliament fromKrishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Firhad Hakim of Trinamool Congress Defeated Kaustav Chatterjee of CPIM.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Firhad Hakim | 41,635 | |||
| CPI(M) | Kaustav Chatterjee | 14,080 | |||
| Majority | 27,555 | ||||
| Turnout | 55,745 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2006 election,Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rivalBiplab Chatterjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Paul | 37,440 | 52.18 | ||
| CPI(M) | Biplab Chatterjee | 26,138 | 36.43 | ||
| INC | Biswajit Deb | 5,885 | 8.20 | ||
| Independent | Prasanta Kumar Maity | 578 | 0.81 | ||
| BSP | Suresh Kumar Biswas | 484 | 0.67 | ||
| Independent | Ajoy Kumar Das | 408 | 0.57 | ||
| Independent | Ashim Saha | 259 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Amarendra Nath Ghosh | 219 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 187 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Deb Kumar Das | 148 | 0.21 | ||
| Majority | 11,302 | ||||
| Turnout | 71,746 | 60.27 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | +12.98 | |||
In the 2009 by-election,Firhad Hakim (Bobby) ofTrinamool Congress won the 148 Alipore assembly seat.[4] The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA,Tapas Paul, to the Lok Sabha from theKrishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] In2006[6] and 2001[7] elections to the state assembly, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress won the seat defeating his nearest rivalsBiplab Chatterjee and Mira Bhowmick respectively, both ofCPI(M).Saugata Roy ofCongress defeated Rathindranath Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1996,[8] Tarhin Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1991,[9] and Ashoke Bose of CPI(M) in 1987.[10] Anup Kumar Chandra of Congress defeated Ashok Kumar Bose of CPI(M) in 1982.[11] Ashoke Kumar Bose of CPI(M) defeated Salai Baran Chatterjee ofJanata Party in 1977.[12][13]
Kanailal Sarkar of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Mani Sanyal ofCPI won in 1969[16] and 1967.[17] Somnath Lahiri of CPI won in1962[18] and1957.[19] Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Satendra Kumar Basu of Congress won the Alipur seat.[20]
