Tollyganj Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 152 Tollygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98,

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, 112, 113 and 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Before 2011, Tollygunge Tollygunge Assembly constituency was composed of the following: Ward Nos. 81, 89, 94, 95, 97, 98 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Tollygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 22

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. Tollyganj was earlier part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021 election

2016 election

.# Swing calculated on Left Front+

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vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 election,

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defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006

In the 2006 election,

of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election,

Pankaj Kumar Banerjee Pankaj Bandyopadhyay was an Indian politician and marine engineer belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as MLA of Tollyganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency in West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assem ...

defeated his nearest rival Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 election,

defeated his nearest rival Ashis Roy of

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1991

In the 1991 election, Prasanta Sur of

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defeated his nearest rival

1987

In the 1987 election, Prasanta Sur of

defeated his nearest rival

1982

In the 1982 election, Prasanta Sur of

defeated his nearest rival Asim Datta of

1977

In the 1977 election, Prasanta Sur of

defeated his nearest rival

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Aroop Biswas of

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won the Tollyganj seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas of

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Goutam Banerjee of CPI(M) in 2001, and Ashis Roy of CPI(M) in 1996 representing

. Prasanta Sur of CPI(M) defeated Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of

in 1991 and 1987, Asim Dutta of Congress in 1982, and Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of Congress in 1977.

1952-1972

Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of

, won in 1972 defeating Prasanta Sur of

. Satya Priya Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971. Niranjan Sengupta of CPI(M)/

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won in 1969, 1967 and

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. Haridas Mitra of PSP won in

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. In independent India's first election in 1952 Tollyganj had two seats. Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress won from Tollyganj Uttar Assembly constituency and Ambica Chakraborty of CPI won from Tollyganj Dakshin Assembly constituency.

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