Tollyganj Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of

South 24 Parganas district South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...

in the

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n state of

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 152 Tollygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98,

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, 111,

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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) Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the southern part of Kolkata in West Bengal. While f ...

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,

Aroop Biswas Aroop Biswas is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Power in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Tollyganj in the 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, ...

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 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, Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of

defeated his nearest rival Ashis Roy of CPI(M).

1991

In the 1991 election,

Prasanta Sur Prasanta Sur ( bn, প্রশান্ত শূর; 1 January 1923 – 29 February 2008) was the convenor of the Kolkata district Left Front committee and became the first Left Front Mayor of Kolkata during 1969. A member of the state comm ...

of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of

1987

In the 1987 election,

of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of

1982

In the 1982 election,

of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Asim Datta of

1977

In the 1977 election,

of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Aroop Biswas of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

won the Tollyganj seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). 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

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 CPIM. Satya Priya Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.

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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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{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of South 24 Parganas district