| Cossipur | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 140 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 |
Cossipur Assembly constituency was aLegislative Assembly constituency ofKolkata district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As a consequence of the orders of theDelimitation Commission, Cossipur Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1]
It was part ofCalcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Cossipur | Biswanath Roy | Indian National Congress[3] |
| 1957 | Deben Sen | Praja Socialist Party[4] | |
| 1962 | Sunil Kumar Dasgupta | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1967 | S.K.Roy | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| 1969 | Vishnu Gopal Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1971 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1972 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[9] | |
| 1977 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1982 | Prafulla Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[11] | |
| 1987 | Dipak Chanda | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1991 | Dipak Chanda | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 1996 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress[14] | |
| 2001 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2006 | Tarak Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
In the2006[16] and 2001[15] state assembly elections Tarak Bandopadhyay representingTrinamool Congress won the 140 Cossipur assembly seat defeating Salil Chatterjee ofCPI (M), and Bijoy Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) respectively. In 1996,[14] Tarak Bandopadhyay representingCongress defeated Anup Das of CPI(M). Dipak Chanda of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress in 1991[13] and 1987.[12] In 1982,[11] Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress defeatedBuddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M). In 1977, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress.[10][17]
The Cossipore seat was won by Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress defeating his nearest rival Paresh Nath Banerjee of CPI(M) in 1972[9] and Krishna Gopal Basu of CPI(M) in 1971.[8] Vishnu Gopal Basu of CPI(M) defeated Sushil Kumar Paul of Congress in 1969.[7] S.K.Roy of Congress defeated P.Dasguta of CPI(M) in 1967.[6] Sunil Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in1962[5] defeating Mohit Kumar Moitra of CPI(M). Deben Sen ofPSP won in1957[4] defeating Biswanath Roy of Congress. Biswanath Roy of Congress won inindependent India’s first general election in 1951 defeating Jyotirmoy Sharma of CPI.[3]
