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{{Short description|Former West Bengal Legislative Assembly Constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Alipore
| type= SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla =
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Dakshin]]
| constituency_no = 148
| established = 1951
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2011
}}

'''Alipore Assembly constituency''' was 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 a consequence of the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], Alipore Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. Alipore Assembly Constituency was consisted of Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 74, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|74]] and [[Ward No. 82, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|82]] of the [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<ref>{{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 = 15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal|publisher = Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

It was part of [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]],<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>

Around half of the electorate of the constituency were slum dwellers.<ref name=express>{{cite web| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/alipore-health-is-wealth-for-trinamool-man/537984/1 |title = Alipore: Health is wealth for Trinamool man |publisher= The Indian Express, 6 November 2006 | access-date = 24 October 2014}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Satyendra Kumar Basu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2"|Somnath Lahiri
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2"|Mani Sanyal
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2"|Kanailal Sarkar
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Ashoke Kumar Bose
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| Anup Kumar Chandra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Saugata Roy]]
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Tapas Paul]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
| 2009^
| [[Firhad Hakim]]
|}

* ^ denotes by-election

==Election results==
===2009 Bye-election===
A bye-election was held on 10 November 2009 following the resignation of the sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Tapas Paul]] who was elected as [[Member of Parliament|MP]] In Parliament from [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Firhad Hakim of Trinamool Congress Defeated Kaustav Chatterjee of CPIM.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Alipore constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2009by>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn101109.pdf |title = Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency |publisher= Election Commission of India | access-date = 24 October 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Firhad Hakim]]
|votes = 41,635
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Kaustav Chatterjee
|votes = 14,080
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 27,555
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 55,745
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006===
In the 2006 election, [[Tapas Paul]] of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival [[Biplab Chatterjee]] of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Alipore constituency<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=152|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006|work = Tollyganj|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 30 April 2006|archive-date = 13 May 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171248/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=152|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Tapas Paul]]
|votes = 37,440
|percentage = 52.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Biplab Chatterjee]]
|votes = 26,138
|percentage = 36.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Biswajit Deb
|votes = 5,885
|percentage = 8.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Prasanta Kumar Maity
|votes = 578
|percentage = 0.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = BSP
|candidate = Suresh Kumar Biswas
|votes = 484
|percentage = 0.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ajoy Kumar Das
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 408
|percentage = 0.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ashim Saha
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 259
|percentage = 0.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Amarendra Nath Ghosh
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 219
|percentage = 0.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Murari Mohan Ghosh
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 187
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Deb Kumar Das
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 148
|percentage = 0.21
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,302
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 71,746
|percentage = 60.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +12.98
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2009===
In the 2009 by-election, [[Bobby Hakim|Firhad Hakim (Bobby)]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the 148 Alipore assembly seat.<ref name=vidhansabha2009by/> The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, [[Tapas Paul]], to the Lok Sabha from the [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=express/> In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> elections to the state assembly, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress won the seat defeating his nearest rivals [[Biplab Chatterjee]] and Mira Bhowmick respectively, both of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. [[Saugata Roy]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Rathindranath Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Tarhin Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and Ashoke Bose of CPI(M) 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Anup Kumar Chandra of Congress defeated Ashok Kumar Bose of CPI(M) 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Ashoke Kumar Bose of CPI(M) defeated Salai Baran Chatterjee of [[Janata Party]] 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp148.htm |title = 148 - Alipore Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Kanailal Sarkar of Congress won 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Mani Sanyal of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 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 = 19 October 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Somnath Lahiri of CPI won 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 = 19 October 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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Satendra Kumar Basu of Congress won the Alipur seat.<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 = 19 October 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
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[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in India]]

Alipore Assembly constituency - Revision history

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