| Bowbazar | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 145 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Calcutta North West |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | None |
Bowbazar Assembly constituency was aLegislative Assembly constituency ofKolkata district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As a consequence of the orders of theDelimitation Commission, Bowbazar Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1]
It was part ofCalcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Election Year | Elected member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress[3] |
| 1957 | Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress[4] |
| 1962 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[5] |
| 1967 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[6] |
| 1969 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[7] |
| 1971 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[8] |
| 1972 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[9] |
| 1977 | Abul Hassan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
| 1982 | Abdul Rauf Ansari | Indian National Congress[11] |
| 1987 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress[12] |
| 1991 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress[13] |
| 1996 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress[14] |
| 1998 Bye-election | Ajit Pandey | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] |
| 2001 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2006 | Sudip Bandyopadyay | Indian National Congress[17] |
| 2009 Bye-election | Swarna Kamal Saha | Trinamool Congress[15] |
A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sittingMLA,Sudip Banerjee who was elected asMP In Parliament fromKolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).
In This Election, Swarnakamal Saha of Trinamool Congress Defeated Minati Gomez ofCPIM - SupportedIndependent.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Swarna Kamal Saha | 26,271 | |||
| Independent | Minati Gomez | 4,851 | |||
| BJP | Ajay Kumar Bajpayee | 2,366 | |||
| Turnout | 39,650 | 27.69 | −6.7 | ||
| Swing toAITC fromINC | Swing | +21.27 | |||
In the 2006 election,Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rekha Singh of CPIM.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 21,451 | 40.3 | ||
| CPI(M) | Rekha Singh | 15,309 | 28.8 | ||
| AITC | Sultan Ahmed | 15,135 | 28.4 | ||
| Independent | Sudipto Kumar Roy | 391 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Sanjib Mukherjee | 207 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Akbar Ali | 196 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Md. Muslim | 168 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Sajal Bandyopadhyay | 165 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Sailen Auddy | 107 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Barin Dutta | 106 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,142 | 11.5 | |||
| Turnout | 53,236 | 54.4% | |||
| INCgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the 2001 election, Nayna Bandyopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ajit Pandey of CPIM.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 27,840 | 55.1 | +21.85 | |
| CPI(M) | Ajit Pandey | 15,892 | 31.5 | −5.24 | |
| Independent | Syed Sahid Imam | 3,039 | 6.0 | ||
| BJP | Arun Kumar Hazra | 2,726 | 5.4 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Kumar Dutta | 330 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Sumanta Bhowmick | 281 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Singha | 162 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Rathindar Nath Bhattacharya | 130 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Khurshid Ali Afzal | 96 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 11,948 | 23.7% | |||
| Turnout | 50,504 | 43.3% | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
A bye-election was held on 3 June 1998 following the resignation of the sittingMLA,Sudip Bandyopadhyay who was elected asMP In Parliament fromCalcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ajit Pandey | 19,903 | 36.73 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 18,021 | 33.25 | ||
| INC | Abdur Rauf Ansari | 15,711 | 28.99 | ||
| RJD | Prof. Syed Haider Hasan Kazimi | 329 | 0.61 | ||
| Independent | Ajit Kumar Das | 89 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Sujan Mukherjee | 50 | 0.09 | ||
| Independent | Bablu Singh | 45 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Aloke Chatterjee | 28 | 0.05 | ||
| Independent | Ramen Pandey | 16 | 0.03 | ||
| Majority | 1,882 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 39,650 | 27.69 | −6.7 | ||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 1996 election,Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujit Mandal ofJanata Dal.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 36,579 | 59.4 | ||
| JD | Sujit Mandal | 17,181 | 27.9 | ||
| BJP | Rajendra Kumar Gupta | 3,039 | 8.9 | ||
| Independent | Shyamal Kumar Dutta | 542 | 0.9 | ||
| AIIC(T) | Bratindra Naskar | 364 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Joseph Rozario | 284 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Pinaki Das | 227 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Habul Mukherjee (Tarak) | 207 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Md. Kasim | 188 | 0.3 | ||
| ABHM | Saroj Bhattacharjee | 110 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Bibekananda Paul | 108 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Das Gupta | 90 | 0.2 | ||
| Social Action | S.M. Mustafa | 71 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Brindaban Chandra Dey | 63 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Kamal Kumar Roy | 42 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Narayan Chandra Ghosh | 38 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Md. Saifuddin | 36 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 19,398 | 30.6% | |||
| Turnout | 63,365 | 56.8% | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 1991 election,Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Joytilak Guharoy ofCPIM.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 29,405 | 59.4 | ||
| CPI(M) | Joytilak Guha Roy | 17,672 | 32.5 | ||
| BJP | Sanat Kumar Datta | 6,573 | 12.1 | ||
| All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | Salauddin | 323 | 0.6 | ||
| LKD | Raju Anthony | 121 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Indranil Kumar | 69 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Bikram Sur | 62 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Khurshid Ali Afzal | 57 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Md. Zakir | 48 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Bhuban Bhowmick | 26 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Onkar Majumdar | 9 | 0.0 | ||
| Majority | 11,733 | 21.2% | |||
| Turnout | 55,471 | 53.4% | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 1987 election,Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Ismail ofCPIM.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 30,333 | 56.7 | ||
| CPI(M) | Md. Ismail | 19,591 | 36.6 | ||
| Independent | S. M. Shahabuddin Haider | 1,871 | 3.5 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Anindya Gopal Mitra | 694 | 1.3 | ||
| JP | Chandra Deep Giri | 553 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Mohammed Musa | 143 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Chakraborty | 120 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Satya Deo Mishra | 82 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Maniruddin | 68 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Anil Kumar Sen | 49 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Shakir Hussain | 36 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 10,742 | 19.6% | |||
| Turnout | 54,791 | 60.3% | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 1982 election, Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rivalAbul Hassan ofCPIM.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abdul Rauf Ansari | 26,001 | 51.4 | ||
| CPI(M) | Abul Hassan | 22,615 | 44.7 | ||
| BJP | Anindya Gopal Mitra | 1,602 | 3.2 | ||
| Independent | Ramendra Bhusan Singh | 252 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Md. Salim Khan | 161 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 3,386 | 6.5% | |||
| Turnout | 51,725 | 58.8% | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 1977 election, Abul Hasan of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania ofJanata Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Abul Hassan | 13,996 | 38.54 | ||
| JP | Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania | 11,670 | 32.13 | ||
| INC | Abdul Rauf Ansari | 8,168 | 22.49 | ||
| Independent | Manabendra Ghosh | 1,611 | 4.4 | ||
| Independent | Prakash Shaw | 556 | 1.5 | ||
| Independent | K. B. Roy | 182 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Hrishikesh Tewari | 68 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Anindya Kumar Mitra | 68 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 2,326 | 6.3% | |||
| Turnout | 36,901 | 40.4% | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA,Sudip Bandyopadhyay, to the Parliament from theKolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency), Swarnakamal Saha ofTrinamool Congress won the 145 Bowbazar assembly seat.[15][19] In2006,[17] the seat was won bySudip Bandyopadhyay ofCongress defeating Rekha Singh ofCPI(M). In 2001,[16] the seat was won by Nayana Bandopadhyay ofTrinamool Congress defeating Ajit Pandey of CPI(M). Sudip Bandopadhyay of Congress won the seat defeating Sujit Mandal ofJD in 1996,[14] Joytilak Guha Roy of JD in 1991[13] and Md. Ismail of CPI(M) in 1987.[12] In 1982,[11] Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated Abul Hasan of CPI(M). In 1977, Abul Hasan of CPI(M) won the seat defeating Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of Congress.[10][20]
Bijay Singh Nahar of Congress won the seat defeatingHashim Abdul Halim of CPI(M) in 1972[9] and 1971,[8] D.C.Bhowmick of Forward Block in 1969,[7] S.Gupta of Forward Bloc and H,Chatterjee and CPI(M) in 1967[6] and Md. Ismail ofCPI in1962.[5]Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy won the seat in1957[4] defeating Md. Ismail of CPI by a narrow margin of 540 votes and Satyapriya Banerjee of Forward Bloc (Marxists) inindependent India’s first election in 1951.[3]
