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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Behala Purba
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Behala Purba.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Behala Purba Assembly Constituency
| map_alt = 
| mla = [[Sankar Sikder]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance = 
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Dakshin]]
| constituency_no = 153
| established = 1951
| electors = 308,157
| reservation = None
| abolished = 
}}

'''Behala Purba Assembly constituency''' (earlier known as '''Behala East Assembly constituency''') is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Behala Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 115, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|115]], [[Ward No. 116, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|116]], [[Ward No. 117, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|117]], [[Ward No. 120, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|120]], [[Ward No. 121, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|121]], [[Ward No. 122, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|122]], [[Ward No. 123, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|123]],  [[Ward No. 124, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|124]], [[Ward No. 142, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|142]], [[Ward No. 143, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|143]] and [[Ward No. 144, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|144]] of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Borough
! Ward No.
! [[2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election|Councillor]]
! colspan="2" |2021 Winner
|-
|rowspan=4|XIII
|[[Ward No. 115, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|115]]
|Ratna Sur
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=14}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 116, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|116]]
|Krishna Singh
|-
|[[Ward No. 117, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|117]]
|Amit Singh
|-
|[[Ward No. 120, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|120]]
|Susanta Ghosh
|-
|XIV
|[[Ward No. 121, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|121]]
|Rupak Ganguly
|-
|XIII
|[[Ward No. 122, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|122]]
|Soma Chakraborty
|-
|rowspan=5|XVI
|[[Ward No. 123, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|123]]
|Sudip Polley
|-
|[[Ward No. 124, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|124]]
|Rajib Kumar Das
|-
|[[Ward No. 142, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|142]]
|Raghunath Patra
|-
|[[Ward No. 143, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|143]]
|Christina Biswas
|-
|[[Ward No. 144, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|144]]
|Shefali Pramanik
|}

Behala Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 1 November 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf| archive-date= 6 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
!colspan="4"|''Behala''
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Biren Roy
|{{Party name with color|All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|rowspan="2"|Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
!colspan="4"|''Behala East''
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="3"|Niranjan Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Indrajit Majumdar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|Niranjan Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="2"|Kumkum Chakraborti
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|[[Parash Dutta]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Kumkum Chakraborti
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
!colspan="4"|''Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Purba''
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sovan Chatterjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Ratna Chatterjee]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Sankar Sikder]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coommission |first=Election |title=Result in Election Commission website |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S25153.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S25153.htm}}</ref>===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Purba]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sankar Sikder]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=1,15,502|percentage=49.22|change={{increase}} '''16.07'''}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Subhasish Chakravarty|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=90,365|percentage=38.5|change={{decrease}} 11.51}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Niloy Majumder|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=21,991|percentage=9.37|change={{decrease}} 4.23}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Abhijit Raha|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1883|percentage=0.8|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1635|percentage=0.7|change={{decrease}} 0.58}}
{{Election box majority||votes=25,137|percentage=10.7|change={{decrease}} 6.2}}| style="text-align:right;" | {{decrease}} '''16.07'''
{{Election box turnout||votes=234,687|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Bharatiya Janata Party|swing={{increase}} '''16.07'''|loser=Trinamool Congress}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Purba]] }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Ratna Chatterjee]]|votes=1,10,968|percentage=50.01|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Payel Sarkar]]|votes=73,540|percentage=33.15|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India  (Marxist)|candidate=Samita Har Chowdhury|votes=30,172|percentage=13.60|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the Above|votes=2,835|percentage=1.28|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Rina Roy|votes=1,175|percentage=0.53|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=37,428|percentage=17.08|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,21,885|percentage=71.97|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
 |swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Purba]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Sovan Chatterjee]]|votes=96,621|percentage=47.33|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Ambikesh Mahapatra]]|votes=72,327|percentage=35.43|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chandra Bhan Singh|votes=21,854|percentage=10.71|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Sumit Banerjee|votes=3,649|percentage=1.79|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the Above|votes=3,919|percentage=1.92|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=24,294|percentage=11.90|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,05,294|percentage=73.83|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In 2011 Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kumkum Chakraborty of CPI(M),
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Purba]]<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=153| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171303/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=153| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Behala Purba| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Sovan Chatterjee]]
  |votes      = 1,16,709
  |percentage = 60.28
  |change     = +14.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Kumkum Chakraborty
  |votes      = 68,536
  |percentage = 35.40
  |change     = -15.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = A. Biswajit Naidu
  |votes      = 3,692
  |percentage = 1.91
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Indrajit Kumar Halder
  |votes      = 1,170
  |percentage = 0.60
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = [[Independent politician|IND]]
  |candidate  = Tarun Kanti Das
  |votes      = 1,131
  |percentage = 0.58
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 48,173
  |percentage = 24.88
  |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,94,208
  |percentage = 79.79
  |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing  = 30.50#
 }}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Kumkum Chakraborti of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] won the Behala East assembly seat defeating her nearest rival [[Sovan Chatterjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Parash Dutta]] of Trinamool Congress defeated Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) in 2001.<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) defeated Sonali Guha of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996,<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and Sailen Dasgupta of Congress in 1991.<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Niranjan Mukherjeee of CPI(M) defeated Debashis Bhattacharya of Congress in 1987,<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Balaram Goswami of Congress in 1982,<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf  |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and Indrajit Mazumdar of Congress in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp112.htm |title = 112 – Behala East Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===1952–1972===
Indrajit Majumdar of Congress won the Behala East seat in 1972.<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web| url     =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Niranjan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web| url    =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> 1969<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the Behala seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<ref name="vidhansabha1962">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name="vidhansabha1957">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1952]],<ref name="vidhansabha1952">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Biren Roy of [[All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)|Forward Bloc (RG)]] won the Behala seat.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]