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{{Short description|Former Legislative Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Belgachia West
| type= SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla =
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta North East]]
| constituency_no = 160
| established = 1951
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2011
}}

'''Belgachia West Assembly constituency''' was a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[Kolkata 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]], Belgachia West Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.<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 November 2010 |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

It was part of [[Calcutta North East (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 = 15 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 ==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party affiliation
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Belgachia||[[Ganesh Ghosh]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<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, Assembly Constituency No. 180 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Ganesh Ghosh||Communist Party of India<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, AC No 180|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Ganesh Ghosh||Communist Party of India<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, AC No 122|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Lakshmi Charan Sen||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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, AC No 150|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Lakshmi Charan Sen||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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, AC No 150|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Lakshmi Charan Sen||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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, AC No 150|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Ganapati Sur||[[Indian National Congress]]<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, AC No 150|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||Belgachia West||Lakshmi Charan Sen||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
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|1982||||Rathindra Nath Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Sudipto Roy||Indian National Congress<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
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|1991||||Rajdeo Goala||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Rajdeo Goala||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Rajdeo Goala||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||[[Mala Saha]]||All India Trinamool Congress<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 = 22 November 2014}}</ref>
|}

==Results==
===1977-2009 Belgachia West===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Mala Saha of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Belgachia West assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Rajdeo Goala of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. In 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Rajdeo Goala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Sudipta Roy of Trinamool Congress, Sadhan Das of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and Sudipto Roy of Congress respectively. Sudipto Roy of Congress won the seat in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> defeating Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M). In 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Rathindra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Amarendra Nath Bhattacharya of Congress. In 1977, Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendra Nath Sengupta of Congress.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp160.htm |title =160 - Belgachia West Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 November 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972 Belgachia===
During the period there was only one seat for Belgachia. Ganapati Sur of Congress defeated Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Suchit Kumar Sur of Congress in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> [[Ganesh Ghosh]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the seat defeating Ganapati Sur of Congress in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]],<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Nandalal Banerjee of Congress in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress.

==References==
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{{Kolkata constituencies}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]
[[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]]

Belgachia West Assembly constituency - Revision history

YukikoTousignant at 03:17, 14 April 2026