Cossipur
Former constituency No. 140 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
LS constituencyCalcutta North West
Established1952
Abolished2011
ReservationNone

Cossipur Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Cossipur Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1]

It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951CossipurBiswanath RoyIndian National Congress[3]
1957Deben SenPraja Socialist Party[4]
1962Sunil Kumar DasguptaIndian National Congress[5]
1967S.K.RoyIndian National Congress[6]
1969Vishnu Gopal BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971Prafulla Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress[8]
1972Prafulla Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress[9]
1977Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982Prafulla Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress[11]
1987Dipak ChandaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991Dipak ChandaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996Tarak BandyopadhyayIndian National Congress[14]
2001Tarak BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006Tarak BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Results

1977-2009

In the 2006[16] and 2001[15] state assembly elections Tarak Bandopadhyay representing Trinamool Congress won the 140 Cossipur assembly seat defeating Salil Chatterjee of CPI (M), and Bijoy Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) respectively. In 1996,[14] Tarak Bandopadhyay representing Congress 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 defeated Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M). In 1977, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress.[10][17]

1951-1972

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 in 1962[5] defeating Mohit Kumar Moitra of CPI(M). Deben Sen of PSP won in 1957[4] defeating Biswanath Roy of Congress. Biswanath Roy of Congress won in independent India’s first general election in 1951 defeating Jyotirmoy Sharma of CPI.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 163. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 129. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 122. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 135. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 128. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 128. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 128. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  16. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "140 - Cossipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

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