Dhakuria Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of

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in the

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Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Dhakuria Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. It was part of

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. Before 2011, Dhakuria Assembly constituency was composed of the following: Ward Nos. 91, 92, 93, 96, 99, 100 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,

Kshiti Goswami Kshiti Goswami (24 January 1943 – 24 November 2019) was an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to Revolutionary Socialist Party. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a minister of West Bengal Government as ...

of RSP won the 151 Dhakuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sougata Roy of

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. Sougata Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated,

of RSP in 2001.

of RSP defeated Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of

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in 1996 and Jatin Chakraborty, Independent, in 1991. Jatin Chakraborty of RSP defeated Shankar Kanti Bhowmick of Congress in 1987, Tushar Kanti Dasgupta of Congress in 1982 and Arabinda Prasad Dasgupta of Congress in 1977.

1967-1972

Somnath Lahiri of

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won the Dhakuria seat in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to the seat did not exist.

References

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