Taltola Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of

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in the

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. It was reserved for

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Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the

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, Taltola Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. It was part of

Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on the north-western part of Calcutta in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Results

1977-2006

In the

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and 2001 state assembly elections, Debesh Das of

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won the 154 Taltola assembly constituency (SC) defeating his nearest rivals Sumanta Kumar Hira and Dilip Kumar Das, both of

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. Tapati Saha of CPI(M) won it in 1996, defeating Sambhunath Kow of

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. Debesh Das of CPI(M) defeated Utpal Shaw of Congress in 1991. Sumanta Kumar Hira of CPI(M) defeated Utpal Shaw of Congress in 1987, and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1982 and 1977 respectively.

1951-1972

In 1972 and prior to it the Taltala seat was an open seat. It was won by Abdur Rauf Ansari of Congress in 1972 and 1971. He defeated Abul Hassan of CPI(M) in both the years. Abul Hassan of CPI(M) won in 1969 defeating Karam Hossain of Congress. Karam Hossain of Congress won in 1967 defeating Abul Hassan of CPI(M) and

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Dhirendra Nath Dhar of CPI. Dhirendranath Dhar of

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won in

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defeating Naresh Nath Mukherjee of Congress. Moulavi Shamsul Haque of Congress won in independent India's first general election in 1951 defeating Hirendra Nath Mukherjee of CPI.

References

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