Chowrangee Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Located at the heart of the city, historically this constituency had been a bastion of the Indian National Congress. Since the formation of Trinamool Congress from Congress, this seat has been held by the party.
| Chowrangee | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 162 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Chowrangee Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| LS constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 208,157 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 162 Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 62 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]
Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Prior to the 2009 Indian general election it was part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress[3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
| 1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | ||
| 1967 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Sankar Ghose | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Sandip Das | Janata Party[9] | |
| 1982 | Sisir Kumar Bose | Indian National Congress[10][11][12] | |
| 1987 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay | ||
| 1991 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| By-election, 1993 | Anil Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[13] | |
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress[14][15][16][17] | ||
| 2006 | Subrata Bakshi | ||
| 2011 | Sikha Chowdhury(Mitra) | ||
| By-election, 2014 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 70,101 | 62.87 | ||
| BJP | Devdutta Maji | 24,757 | 22.20 | ||
| INC | Santosh Pathak | 14,266 | 12.80 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,212 | 1.09 | ||
| BSP | Swaminath Kori | 264 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 45,344 | 41.07 | |||
| Turnout | 1,11,625 | 53.61 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | + | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 55,119 | 47.29 | +7.15 | |
| INC | Somen Mitra | 41,903 | 36.95 | +12.53 | |
| BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 15,707 | 13.48 | -11.64 | |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,183 | 1.87 | New | |
| SUCI(C) | Kartik Kumkar | 612 | 0.53 | ||
| Majority | 13,216 | 10.34 | -4.68 | ||
| Turnout | 1,16,557 | 56.20 | +8.51 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | +7.15 | |||
By-election, 2014
A by-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury (Mitra) who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 38,328 | 40.14 | -31.76 | |
| BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 23,984 | 25.12 | +20.78 | |
| INC | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 23,317 | 24.42 | New | |
| CPI(M) | Adv. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan | 8,890 | 9.09 | New | |
| Majority | 14,344 | 15.02 | -37.23 | ||
| Turnout | 96,650 | 47.69 | -4.56 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | -31.76 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra) | 79,450 | 71.90 | ||
| RJD | Bimal Singh | 21,711 | 19.65 | ||
| BJP | Shahnawaz Ahmed | 4,799 | 4.34 | ||
| AIMF | Abdul Wahab | 1,640 | 1.48 | ||
| Majority | 57,739 | 52.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,10,506 | 54.42 | |||
| AITC win | |||||