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{{Short description|Constituency in Kolkata of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chowrangee
| 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/Chowrangee.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Chowrangee Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Uttar]]
| constituency_no = 162
| established = 1957
| electors = 208,157
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Chowrangee Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. Located at the heart of Kolkata, the capital city of the state, this has been a bastion of [[Trinamool Congress]] since the party's formation. Earlier, it was a stronghold of [[Indian National Congress]], from which party two chief ministers, [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] and [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]], had been elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 44, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|44]], [[Ward No. 45, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|45]], [[Ward No. 46, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|46]], [[Ward No. 47, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|47]], [[Ward No. 48, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|48]], [[Ward No. 49, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|49]], [[Ward No. 50, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|50]], [[Ward No. 51, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|51]], [[Ward No. 52, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|52]], [[Ward No. 53, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|53]] and [[Ward No. 62, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|62]] 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=22 February 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Borough
! Ward No.
! [[2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election|Councillor]]
! colspan="2" |2021 Winner
|-
|rowspan=2|V
|[[Ward No. 44, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|44]]
|Rehana Khatoon
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 45, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|45]]
|Santosh Kumar Pathak
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|rowspan=2|VI
|[[Ward No. 46, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|46]]
|Priyanka Saha
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 47, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|47]]
|Bimal Singh
|-
|rowspan=3|V
|[[Ward No. 48, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|48]]
|Biswarup Dey
|-
|[[Ward No. 49, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|49]]
|Monalisa Banerjee
|-
|[[Ward No. 50, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|50]]
|Sajal Ghosh
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|rowspan=4|VI
|[[Ward No. 51, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|51]]
|Indranil Kumar
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 52, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|52]]
|Sohini Mukherjee
|-
|[[Ward No. 53, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|53]]
|Indrani Saha Banerjee
|-
|[[Ward No. 62, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|62]]
|Sana Ahmed
|}

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 [[Kolkata Uttar 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 = 2010-11-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Bijoy Singh Nahar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="2"|Siddhartha Shankar Ray
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Sankar Ghose
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Sandip Das
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|Sisir Kumar Bose
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|Siddhartha Shankar Ray
|-
|1993^
|Anil Chatterjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="2"|Subrata Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Subrata Bakshi
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)
|-
|2014^
|rowspan="3"|[[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

*^ denotes by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chowrangee}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nayna Bandyopadhyay
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sanjoy Basu
|party = Revolutionary Communist Party of India
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Santosh Pathak
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Md Imran Khan
|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chowrangi|Chowrangee]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|votes = 70,101
|percentage = 62.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Devdutta Maji
|votes = 24,757
|percentage = 22.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Pathak
|votes = 14,266
|percentage = 12.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,212
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Swaminath Kori
|votes = 264
|percentage = 0.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 45,344
|percentage = 41.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,11,625
|percentage = 53.61
|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]]: [[Chowrangi|Chowrangee]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|votes = 55,119
|percentage = 47.29
|change = +7.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Somen Mitra]]
|votes = 41,903
|percentage = 36.95
|change = +12.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ritesh Tiwari
|votes = 15,707
|percentage = 13.48
|change = -11.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,183
|percentage = 1.87
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Kartik Kumkar
|votes = 612
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,216
|percentage = 10.34
|change = -4.68
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,16,557
|percentage = 56.20
|change = +8.51
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +7.15
}}
{{Election box end}}

===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.<ref name=vidhansabha2014by>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main1/current/ByeElecResult2014_WestBengal.pdf|title = 162 Chowrangee Assembly Constituency| work= By election 2014|publisher= Election Commission of India | access-date = 15 October 2014}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 2014: Chowrangee}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nayna Bandyopadhyay]]
|votes = 38,328
|percentage = 40.14
|change = -31.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ritesh Tiwari
|votes = 23,984
|percentage = 25.12
|change = +20.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Pathak
|votes = 23,317
|percentage = 24.42
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Adv. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan
|votes = 8,890
|percentage = 9.09
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 14,344
|percentage = 15.02
|change = -37.23
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 96,650
|percentage = 47.69
|change = -4.56
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -31.76
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chowrangi|Chowrangee]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)
|votes = 79,450
|percentage = 71.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Bimal Singh
|votes = 21,711
|percentage = 19.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shahnawaz Ahmed
|votes = 4,799
|percentage = 4.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Minorities Front
|candidate = Abdul Wahab
|votes = 1,640
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 57,739
|percentage = 52.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,10,506
|percentage = 54.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box win|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

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