Sealdah 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

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, Sealdah 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

2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA,

Somen Mitra Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009 as a Trinamool ...

who was elected as MP In Parliament from

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.Sikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress Defeated Prabir Deb of CPI.

2006

In the 2006 elections,

Somendra Nath Mitra Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009 as a Trinamool ...

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defeated his nearest rival Prabir Deb of

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

1977-2009

In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA,

, to the Parliament from the

, Shikha Mitra of

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won the Sealdah assembly seat. In the

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, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections Somendra Nath Mitra of

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won the 156 Sealdah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Prabir Deb of

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

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had won the seat in 1977 defeating Amar Prasad Chakraborty of

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1967-1972

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.

1951-1962 Muchipara

Pratap Chandra Chunder of Congress won in

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. Jatin Chakraborty, Independent, won in

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. Sankar Prasad Mitra of Congress won the Muchipara seat in independent India’s first election in 1951.

References

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