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Sealdah Assembly constituency

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Sealdah
Former constituency No. 156 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
Lok Sabha constituencyCalcutta North East
Established1951
Abolished2011
ReservationNone

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

Overview

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party affiliation
1952 Sealdah Pannalal Bose Indian National Congress[3]
1967 Pratap Chandra Chunder Indian National Congress[4]
1969 Jatin Chakraborty Revolutionary Socialist Party[5]
1971 Binoy Banerjee Indian National Congress[6]
1972 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[7]
1977 Binoy Banerjee Janata Party[8]
1982 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[9]
1987 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[10]
1991 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[11]
1996 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[12]
2001 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[13]
2006 Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress[14]
2009 Bye-election Sikha Mitra All India Trinamool Congress[15]

Results

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2009 Bye-election

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A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Somen Mitra who was elected as MP In Parliament from Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).Sikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress Defeated Prabir Deb of CPI.

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Bye election, 2009: Sealdah[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sikha Mitra 23,324
CPI Prabir Deb 7,297
Turnout 39,650 27.69 −6.7
Majority 16,027
Swing to AITC from INC Swing +21.27

2006

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In the 2006 elections, Somendra Nath Mitra of INC defeated his nearest rival Prabir Deb of CPI

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Sealdah constituency[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Somendra Nath Mitra 23,011
CPI Prabir Deb 10,252
AITC Dulaleswar Roy 5,091
Independent Tarun Kumar Kar 267
Independent Dayanand Prasad 219
Independent Swaraj Ranjan Bhattacharyya 215
Independent Pradyut Kumar Ghosh 159
Independent Dilip Tripathi 99
Majority 12,759
Turnout 393,13 69.90
INC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2009

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In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Somendra Nath Mitra, to the Parliament from the Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), Shikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress won the Sealdah assembly seat. In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections Somendra Nath Mitra of Congress won the 156 Sealdah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Prabir Deb of CPI in 2006, Chanchal Ghosh of CPI in 2001, Arun Prakash Chatterjee of CPI in 1996, Ila Mitra of CPI in 1991, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee of CPI in 1987 and 1982. Binoy Banerjee of Janata Party had won the seat in 1977 defeating Amar Prasad Chakraborty of Forward Bloc.[18][19]

1967-1972

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Somendranath Mitra of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1971. Jatin Chakraborty of RSP won in 1969. Pratap Chandra Chunder of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Seadah seat was not there. There was a seat at Muchipara.[20]

References

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