Burtola 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
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, Burtola Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of
Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)
Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on North East area of Kolkata in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect ...
.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Results
1977-2006
Sadhan Pande representing
Trinamool Congress won the 158 Burtolla assembly seat defeating Kalyan Mukherjee of
RSP in
2006
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and 2001.
[ Earlier, Sadhan Pande, representing Congress defeated Parimal Routh of RSP in 1996][ and 1991,][ and Sunil Sengupta of RSP in 1987.][ Ajit Kumar Panja of Congress defeated Nikhil Das of RSP in 1982.][ Nikhil Das of RSP defeated Ajit Kumar Panja of Congress in 1977.]
1951-1972
Ajit Kumar Panja won in 1972[ and 1971][ defeating Lakshmi Kanta Roy of CPI(M) in both years. Nikhil Das of RSP won in 1969][ defeating Ajit Kumar Panja of Congress and in 1967][ defeating S.C.R. Chaudhuri of Congress. Amarendra Nath Basu of CPI won the Burtolla South in ]1962
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[ defeating Suhrid Rudra of Congress. In ]1957
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,[ Burtolla had two seats. Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri of PSP won the Burtola North seat defeating Aparesh Bhattacharya of Congress. Amarendra Nath Basu Independent won the Burtola South seat defeating Suhrid Rudra of Congress. In independent India’s first election Nirmal Chandra De of Congress won the Burtola seat defeating Sudhir Roy Chuoudhury of KMPP by 492 votes, Nilamber Chatterjee of Forward Bloc (Marxists) and others.][
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References
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Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Kolkata district