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{{Short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Jorasanko
| 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/Jorasanko.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Jorasanko Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Vijay Ojha]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Uttar]]
| constituency_no = 165
| established = 1951
| electors = 197,906
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Jorasanko 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]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Jorasanko Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 22, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|22]], [[Ward No. 23, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|23]], [[Ward No. 25, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|25]], [[Ward No. 27, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|27]], [[Ward No. 37, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|37]], [[Ward No. 38, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|38]], [[Ward No. 39, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|39]], [[Ward No. 40, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|40]], [[Ward No. 41, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|41]], [[Ward No. 42, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|42]] and [[Ward No. 43, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|43]] 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=4|IV
|[[Ward No. 22, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|22]]
|Meena Devi Purohit
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 23, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|23]]
|Vijay Ojha
|-
|[[Ward No. 25, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|25]]
|Rajesh Kumar Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=9}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 27, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|27]]
|Meenakshi Gupta
|-
|V
|[[Ward No. 37, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|37]]
|Soma Chaudhuri
|-
|rowspan=2|IV
|[[Ward No. 38, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|38]]
|Sadhana Bose
|-
|[[Ward No. 39, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|39]]
|Mohammad Jasimuddin
|-
|rowspan=4|V
|[[Ward No. 40, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|40]]
|Suparna Dutta
|-
|[[Ward No. 41, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|41]]
|Reita Chowdhury
|-
|[[Ward No. 42, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|42]]
|Mahesh Kumar Sharma
|-
|[[Ward No. 43, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|43]]
|Ayesha Kaniz
|}

Jorasanko 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
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Amarendra Nath Basu
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Anandi Lal Poddar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Badri Prasad Poddar
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|R. K. Poddar
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="3"|Deokinandan Poddar
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Vishnu Kant Shastri
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="4"|Deokinandan Poddar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Satya Narain Bajaj
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Dinesh Bajaj
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|Smita Bakshi
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Vivek Gupta (politician)|Vivek Gupta]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| Vijay Ojha
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jorasanko}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Vijay Ojha]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=52,868|percentage=49.48 |change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vijay Upadhyay|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=47,071|percentage=44.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bharat Ram Tiwari|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=4,108|percentage=3.84|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Deepak Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,111|percentage=1.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=672|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,797|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===

{{Election box begin|
title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Jorasanko]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Vivek Gupta (politician)|Vivek Gupta]]|votes=52,123|percentage=52.67|change=+9.88}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Meena Devi Purohit|votes=39,380|percentage=39.80|change=+3.03}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Janab Ajmal Khan|votes=4,769|percentage=4.82|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=1,028|percentage=1.04|change=-1.23}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Nirmal Kanti Samaddar<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite web|title=Life’s all about running alone: BSP candidate|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/lifes-all-about-running-alone-bsp-candidate/articleshow/69016100.cms|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref>|votes=412|percentage=0.42|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=12,743|percentage=12.99|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=99,125|percentage=50.08|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]]: [[Jorasanko]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Smita Bakshi]]|votes=44,766|percentage=42.79|change=-8.32}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Rahul Sinha]]|votes=38,476|percentage=36.77|change=+21.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=Avinash Kumar Agarwal|votes=15,639|percentage=14.95|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=2,374|percentage=2.27|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Uttam Mali|votes=816|percentage=0.78|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6,290|percentage=6.02|change=-21.76}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,04,630|percentage=53.72|change=-2.03}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -8.32
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Jorasanko]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Smita Bakshi]]
|votes = 57,981
|percentage = 51.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Janki Singh
|votes = 26,461
|percentage = 23.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mina Devi Purohit
|votes = 17,161
|percentage = 15.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Md Sohrab
|votes = 8,526
|percentage = 7.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 31,520
|percentage = 27.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,13,419
|percentage = 55.75
|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:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

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