Behala Paschim Assembly constituency

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala West Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Behala Paschim
Constituency No. 154 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Behala Paschim Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Established	1951
Total electors	313,005
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Partha Chatterjee
Party	Independent
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

• Ward Nos. 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1][2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
Behala
1952	Biren Roy	All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3]
1957	Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay	Communist Party of India[4][5]
1962
Behala West
1967	Rabin Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6][7][8]
1969
1971
1972	Biswanath Chakraborty	Communist Party of India[9]
1977	Rabin Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10][11][12]
1982
1987
1991	Nirmal Mukherjee[13][14]
1996
2001	Partha Chatterjee	Trinamool Congress[15]
2006
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim
2011	Partha Chatterjee	Trinamool Congress[16]
2016
2021		Independent

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, Srabanti Chatterjee of BJP.^[17]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Partha Chatterjee	114,778	49.51	+2.61
	BJP	Srabanti Chatterjee	63,894	27.56	+19.36
	CPI(M)	Nihar Bhakta	47,509	20.49	−22.31
	NOTA	None of the above	2,433	1.05	−0.81
	IND	Sanat Kumar Bhakat	873	0.38
Majority			50,884	22.14	+17.85
Turnout			2,32,249	74.15
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim^[16][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Partha Chatterjee	1,02,114	46.90	−16.06
	CPI(M)	Kaustav Chatterjee	93,218	42.80	+8.90
	BJP	Harikrishna Dutta	17,962	8.20	+6.11
	NOTA	None of the above	4,137	1.86	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Mrityunjoy Roy	1,494	0.70	N/A
Majority			8,896	4.01	−24.96
Turnout			2,22,253	75.49	−1.90
	AITC hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+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).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim^[16][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Partha Chatterjee	1,27,870	62.96	10.57#
	CPI(M)	Anupam Debsarkar	68,849	33.90	−11.54
	BJP	Amalendu Roy Chowdhary	4,248	2.09
	IND	Jayanta Datta	2,140	1.05
Majority			59,021	29.06
Turnout			2,03,218	77.87
	AITC hold		Swing	22.11#

.# 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).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Behala Paschim constituency^[16][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Partha Chatterjee	82,259	48.80
	CPI(M)	Niranjan Chatterjee	76,532	45.40
	INC	Anjali Mukherjee	5,979	3.60
	Independent	Samir Kumar Halder	1,062	0.60
	Independent	Tuhin Sarkar	999	0.60
	Independent	Ashoke Kumar Halder	957	0.60
	Independent	Nirmal Mukherjee	648	0.40
Majority			5,727	3.4
Turnout			168,504	74.7
	AITC hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2001

Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996,^[13] and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991.^[14] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1987,^[12] Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1982^[11] and Subodh Chandra Das of Congress in 1977.^[10][21]

1952-1972

Biswanath Chakraborty of CPI won in 1972.^[9] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,^[8] 1969^[7] and 1967.^[6] Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962^[5] and 1957.^[4] In independent India's first election in 1952,^[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.