| Tollygunge | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 152 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Tollygunge Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 269,582 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Tollygunge Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Tollygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Earlier, before 2011,Tollygunge assembly constituency was consist of Ward Nos.81,89,94,95,97,98 ofKolkata Municipal Corporation.
Tollygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 22Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1][2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Priya Ranjan Sen (Tollygunge Uttar) (Consists Ward No. 89,94,97) | Indian National Congress | |
| Ambika Chakrabarty (Tollygunge Dakshin) (Consists Ward No. 98,99,100) | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1957 | Haridas Mitra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Niranjan Sengupta | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Satyapriya Roy | ||
| 1972 | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Prasanta Sur | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Aroop Biswas | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 101,440 | 51.4 | +4.65 | |
| BJP | Babul Supriyo | 51,360 | 26.02 | +18.36 | |
| CPI(M) | Debdut Ghosh | 40,597 | 20.57 | −21.01 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,310 | 1.17 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Debabrata Bera | 454 | 0.23 | ||
| Majority | 50,080 | 25.64 | |||
| Turnout | 1,97,642 | 73.28 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 90,603 | 46.75 | −9.42 | |
| CPI(M) | Madhuja Sen Roy | 80,707 | 41.58 | +0.54 | |
| BJP | Mohan Rao | 14,835 | 7.66 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3719 | 1.92 | ||
| IND | Dr. Dipankar Sarkar | 1,627 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 9,896 | 5.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,94,165 | 75.34 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
.# Swing calculated onLeft Front+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
In the 2011 election,Aroop Biswas defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 1,02,743 | 56.17 | +9.50 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas | 75,073 | 41.04 | −5.10 | |
| BJP | Bibekananda Sinha Roy | 2,931 | 1.60 | ||
| IND | Debashis Das | 959 | 0.52 | ||
| IND | Koyel Basu Thakur | 765 | 0.42 | ||
| Majority | 27,670 | 15.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,83,026 | 78.08 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
In the 2006 election,Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Biswas | 46,378 | 46.67 | +0.07 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas | 45,852 | 46.14 | +5.10 | |
| INC | Tulsidas Mukherjee | 5,984 | 6.00 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Shil | 1154 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 526 | (0.5%) | |||
| Turnout | 99,375 | (69.3%) | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2001 election,Pankaj Kumar Banerjee defeated his nearest rival Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 50,424 | 46.60 | −1.59 | |
| CPI(M) | Goutam Banerjee | 44,593 | 41.04 | −4.75 | |
| BJP | Keshab Saha | 3,683 | 1.60 | ||
| PDS | Dr. Sudeshna Choudhury | 934 | |||
| Independent | Amit Acharjee | 283 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Ganguly | 279 | |||
| Turnout | 182,917 | 78.71 | |||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | 12.18# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
In the 1996 election,Pankaj Kumar Banerjee ofCongress defeated his nearest rival Ashis Roy ofCPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 53,871 | 48.19 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ashis Roy | 51,189 | 45.79 | ||
| BJP | Gautam Biswas | 6,451 | 5.77 | ||
| Independent | Ashis Banik | 286 | 0,26 | ||
| Turnout | 114,086 | 77.38 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 12.18# | |||
In the 1991 election,Prasanta Sur ofCPIM defeated his nearest rivalPankaj Kumar Banerjee ofCongress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 42,706 | 44.18 | ||
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 42,379 | 43.85 | ||
| BJP | Gautam Biswas | 10,077 | 10.43 | ||
| Independent | Sachin Sen | 1170 | 1,21 | ||
| Independent | Amal Dey | 167 | 0,17 | ||
| Independent | Jalodhir Ranjan Das | 156 | 0,16 | ||
| Turnout | 182,917 | 78.71 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
In the 1987 election,Prasanta Sur ofCPIM defeated his nearest rivalPankaj Kumar Banerjee ofCongress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 45,497 | |||
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 40,603 | |||
| Independent | Gurupada Sengupta | 661 | |||
| Independent | Malay Sanyal | 231 | |||
| Independent | Amitava Guha Thakurata | 77 | |||
| Turnout | 87,069 | 72.87 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 12.18# | |||
In the 1982 election,Prasanta Sur ofCPIM defeated his nearest rival Asim Datta ofCongress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 41,857 | 60.69 | ||
| INC | Asim Datta | 24,294 | 35.23 | ||
| Independent | Debaprasad Chatterjee | 2,536 | 3.68 | ||
| Independent | Maloy Sanyal | 280 | 0.41 | ||
| Turnout | 70,399 | 69.92 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
In the 1977 election,Prasanta Sur ofCPIM defeated his nearest rivalPankaj Kumar Banerjee ofCongress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Sur | 26,905 | 49.43 | ||
| INC | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | 17,455 | 32.60 | ||
| JP | Sushil Kumar Basu | 9,578 | 17.59 | ||
| Independent | Sajal Roy | 502 | 0.92 | ||
| Turnout | 54,446 | 56.35 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[9] Aroop Biswas ofTrinamool Congress won the Tollyganj seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas ofCPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M) in 2001,[6]: 171 and Ashis Roy of CPI(M) in 1996 representingCongress.[7]: 170 Prasanta Sur of CPI(M) defeated Pankaj Kumar Banerjee ofCongress in 1991[10] and 1987,[11] Asim Dutta of Congress in 1982,[12] and Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[13][14]
Pankaj Kumar Banerjee ofCongress, won in 1972 defeating Prasanta Sur ofCPIM.[15] Satya Priya Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.[16]Niranjan Sengupta of CPI(M)/CPI won in 1969,[17] 1967[18] and1962.[19] Haridas Mitra ofPSP won in1957.[20] Inindependent India's first election in 1952[21] Tollyganj had three seats. Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress won from Tollygunge Uttar Assembly constituency,Ambica Chakraborty of CPI won from Tollygunge Dakshin Assembly constituency and Jyotish Joarder an Independent won from Tollyganj Assembly constituency.
