Bowbazar | |
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Former constituency No. 145 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Kolkata |
LS constituency | Calcutta North West |
Established | 1952 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Reservation | None |
Bowbazar Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bowbazar Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1]
It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Bowbazar | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress[3] |
1957 | Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1962 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[5] | |
1967 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[6] | |
1969 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[7] | |
1971 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1972 | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[9] | |
1977 | Abul Hasan | 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 | West Bengal Trinamool Congress[16] | |
2006 | Sudip Bandyopadyay | Indian National Congress[17] | |
2009 Bye-election | Swarna Kamal Saha | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Sudip Banerjee who was elected as MP In Parliament from Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).
CPIMIndependentParty | 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 to AITC from INC | 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% | |||
INC gain from AITC | 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% | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
A bye-election was held on 3 June 1998 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Sudip Bandyopadhyay who was elected as MP In Parliament from Calcutta 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 from INC | Swing |
In the 1996 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujit Mandal of Janata 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% | |||
INC hold | Swing |
In the 1991 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Joytilak Guharoy of CPIM.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% | |||
INC hold | Swing |
In the 1987 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Ismail of CPIM.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% | |||
INC hold | Swing |
In the 1982 election, Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Abdul Rauf Ansari | 26,001 | 51.4 | ||
CPI(M) | Abul Hasan | 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% | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
In the 1977 election, Abul Hasan of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of Janata Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Abul Hasan | 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 from INC | Swing |
In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, to the Parliament from the Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency), Swarnakamal Saha of Trinamool Congress won the 145 Bowbazar assembly seat.[15][19] In 2006,[17] the seat was won by Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeating Rekha Singh of CPI(M). In 2001,[16] the seat was won by Nayana Bandopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeating Ajit Pandey of CPI(M). Sudip Bandopadhyay of Congress won the seat defeating Sujit Mandal of JD 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 defeating Hashim 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 of CPI in 1962.[5]Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy won the seat in 1957[4] defeating Md. Ismail of CPI by a narrow margin of 540 votes and Satyapriya Banerjee of Forward Bloc (Marxists) in independent India’s first election in 1951.[3]