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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Behala Paschim
| 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 Paschim.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Behala Paschim Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Indranil Khan]]
| 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 = 154
| established = 1951
| electors = 313,005
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Behala Paschim Assembly constituency''' (earlier known as '''Behala West 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 Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 118, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|118]], [[Ward No. 119, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|119]], [[Ward No. 125, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|125]], [[Ward No. 126, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|126]], [[Ward No. 127, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|127]], [[Ward No. 128, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|128]], [[Ward No. 129, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|129]], [[Ward No. 130, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|130]], [[Ward No. 131, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|131]] and [[Ward No. 132, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|132]] of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]].<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>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Borough
! Ward No.
! [[2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election|Councillor]]
! colspan="2" |2021 Winner
|-
|rowspan=2|XIII
|[[Ward No. 118, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|118]]
|Tarak Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=14}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 119, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|119]]
|Kakali Bag
|-
|rowspan=2|XVI
|[[Ward No. 125, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|125]]
|Chhanda Sarkar
|-
|[[Ward No. 126, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|126]]
|Ghanasree Bagh
|-
|rowspan=6|XIV
|[[Ward No. 127, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|127]]
|Malobika Baidya
|-
|[[Ward No. 128, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|128]]
|Partha Sarkar
|-
|[[Ward No. 129, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|129]]
|Sanhita Das
|-
|[[Ward No. 130, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|130]]
|Avijit Mukherjee
|-
|[[Ward No. 131, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|131]]
|[[Ratna Chatterjee]]
|-
|[[Ward No. 132, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|132]]
|Sanchita Mitra
|}

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name=delimitation/><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
|{{Full 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 West''
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="3"|Rabin Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|[[Biswanath Chakraborty]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|Rabin Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=5|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="2"|Nirmal Mukherjee
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
!colspan="4"|''Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim''
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Behala Paschim}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Indranil Khan|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=113,171{{formatnum:}}|percentage=47.39|change={{increase}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ratna Chatterjee|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=88,472{{formatnum:}}|percentage=37.05|change={{decrease}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Nihar Bhakta|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=30,676{{formatnum:}}|percentage=12.85|change={{decrease}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Saibal Roy|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,606{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.67|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=1,484{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.62|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
In the 2021 elections, [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]] of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, [[Srabanti Chatterjee]] of BJP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/bengal-polls-bjp-fields-actor-srabanti-chatterjee-against-tmc-heavyweight-partha-chatterjee-in-behala-west-11616118285366.html|title=BJP fields actor Srabanti Chatterjee against Partha Chatterjee in Behala West}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Paschim]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]
|votes = 1,14,778
|percentage = 49.51
|change = +2.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Srabanti Chatterjee]]
|votes = 63,894
|percentage = 27.56
|change = +19.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nihar Bhakta
|votes = 47,509
|percentage = 20.49
|change = -22.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,433
|percentage = 1.05
|change = -0.81
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Sanat Kumar Bhakat
|votes = 873
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 50,884
|percentage = 22.14
|change = +17.85
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,32,249
|percentage = 74.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Paschim]]<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=154| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171323/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=154| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Behala Paschim| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]|votes=1,02,114|percentage=46.90|change=-16.06}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Kaustav Chatterjee]]|votes=93,218|percentage=42.80|change=+8.90}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Harikrishna Dutta|votes=17,962|percentage=8.20|change=+6.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=4,137|percentage=1.86|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Mrityunjoy Roy|votes=1,494|percentage=0.70|change=''N/A''}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,896|percentage=4.01|change=-24.96}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,22,253|percentage=75.49|change=-1.90}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on [[Left Front (West Bengal)|LF]]+[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] vote percentages taken together in 2016.

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Behala|Behala Paschim]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=154| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171323/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=154| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Behala Paschim| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]
|votes = 1,27,870
|percentage = 62.96
|change = 10.57#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Anupam Debsarkar
|votes = 68,849
|percentage = 33.90
|change = -11.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Amalendu Roy Chowdhary
|votes = 4,248
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Jayanta Datta
|votes = 2,140
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 59,021
|percentage = 29.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,03,218
|percentage = 77.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 22.11#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===2006===
In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Chatterjee of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Behala Paschim constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=154| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513171323/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=154| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Behala Paschim| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]
|votes = 82,259
|percentage = 48.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Niranjan Chatterjee
|votes = 76,532
|percentage = 45.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Anjali Mukherjee
|votes = 5,979
|percentage = 3.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Samir Kumar Halder
|votes = 1,062
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tuhin Sarkar
|votes = 999
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashoke Kumar Halder
|votes = 957
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Nirmal Mukherjee
|votes = 648
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,727
|percentage = 3.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 168,504
|percentage = 74.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
===1977-2001===
Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya 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 Lakshmi Kanta Basu 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> Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu 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> Aruna Ghosh Dastidar 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 Subodh Chandra Das 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/Partycomp113.htm |title =113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===1952-1972===
Biswanath Chakraborty of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Rabin 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===
{{Reflist}}

{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{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]]

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency - Revision history

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