Chowrangee Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Located at the heart of Kolkata, the capital city of the state, this has been a bastion of Trinamool Congress since the party’s formation. Earlier, it was a stronghold of Indian National Congress, from which party two chief ministers, Bidhan Chandra Roy and Siddhartha Shankar Ray, had been elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
| Borough | Ward No. | Councillor | 2021 Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | 44 | Rehana Khatoon | Trinamool Congress | |
| 45 | Santosh Kumar Pathak | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| VI | 46 | Priyanka Saha | Trinamool Congress | |
| 47 | Bimal Singh | |||
| V | 48 | Biswarup Dey | ||
| 49 | Monalisa Banerjee | |||
| 50 | Sajal Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| VI | 51 | Indranil Kumar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 52 | Sohini Mukherjee | |||
| 53 | Indrani Saha Banerjee | |||
| 62 | Sana Ahmed | |||
Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | ||
| 1967 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Sankar Ghose | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Sandip Das | Janata Party | |
| 1982 | Sisir Kumar Bose | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay | ||
| 1991 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1993^ | Anil Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1996 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Subrata Bakshi | ||
| 2011 | Sikha Chowdhury | ||
| 2014^ | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | |||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 62,938 | 57.15 |  5.72
| |
| BJP | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 40,936 | 37.17 |  14.97
| |
| CPI(M) | Sanjay Basu | 2,602 | 2.36 | ||
| INC | Manash Sarkar | 2,117 | 1.92 | 10.88
| |
| SUCI(C) | Prabir Seal | 178 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Sayantan Patra | 118 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Tejash Bhole | 115 | 0.10 | ||
| RRP | Debasish Bhadra | 111 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Sumanta Bhowmick | 76 | 0.07 | ||
| Independent | MD Ehsan Elahi | 65 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Johar Iqbal | 34 | 0.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 832 | 0.76 | 0.33
| |
| Majority | 22,002 | 19.98 | 20.69
| ||
| Turnout | 110,122 | 86.91 | 33.36
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 70,101 | 62.87 | ||
| BJP | Devdutta Maji | 24,757 | 22.2 | ||
| INC | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 14,266 | 12.8 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,212 | 1.09 | ||
| Majority | 45,344 | 40.67 | |||
| Turnout | 111,493 | 53.55 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | + | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 55,119 | 47.29 | +7.15 | |
| INC | Somen Mitra | 41,903 | 36.95 | +12.53 | |
| BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 15,707 | 13.48 | −11.64 | |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,183 | 1.87 | New | |
| SUCI(C) | Kartik Kumkar | 612 | 0.53 | ||
| Majority | 13,216 | 10.34 | −4.68 | ||
| Turnout | 1,16,557 | 56.20 | +8.51 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | +7.15 | |||
2014 by-election
A by-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 38,328 | 40.14 | −31.76 | |
| BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 23,984 | 25.12 | +20.78 | |
| INC | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 23,317 | 24.42 | New | |
| CPI(M) | Faiyaz Ahmed Khan | 8,890 | 9.09 | New | |
| Majority | 14,344 | 15.02 | −37.23 | ||
| Turnout | 96,650 | 47.69 | −4.56 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | -31.76 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sikha Chowdhury | 79,450 | 71.90 | ||
| RJD | Bimal Singh | 21,711 | 19.65 | ||
| BJP | Shahnawaz Ahmed | 4,799 | 4.34 | ||
| AIMF | Abdul Wahab | 1,640 | 1.48 | ||
| Majority | 57,739 | 52.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,10,506 | 54.42 | |||
| AITC win | |||||
References
- ^ a b “Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006” (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ “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 1 November 2010.
- ^ “West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report”. Election Commission of India.
- ^ “West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report”. Election Commission of India.
- ^ a b “162 Chowrangee Assembly Constituency” (PDF). By election 2014. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
