Jorasanko Assembly constituency

Jorasanko Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Jorasanko
Constituency No. 165 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Jorasanko Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Established	1951
Total electors	197,906
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vivek Gupta
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

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

• Ward Nos. 22, 23, 25, 27, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Jorasanko Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1][2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year		Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
	1952	Amarendra Nath Basu	All India Forward Bloc[3]
	1957	Anandi Lal Poddar	Indian National Congress[4][5][6][7][8][9]
	1962	Badri Prasad Poddar
	1967	R.K. Poddar
	1969	Deokinandan Poddar
	1971
	1972
	1977	Vishnu Kant Shastri	Janata Party[10]
	1982	Deokinandan Poddar	Indian National Congress[11][12][13][14]
	1987
	1991
	1996
	2001	Satya Narain Bajaj	Trinamool Congress[15][16][17]
	2006	Dinesh Bajaj
	2011	Smita Bakshi
	2016
	2021	Vivek Gupta

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jorasanko

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Vivek Gupta	52,123	52.67	+9.88
	BJP	Mina Devi Purohit	39,380	39.80	+3.03
	INC	Janab Ajmal Khan	4,769	4.82
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,028	1.04	−1.23
	BSP	Nirmal Kanti Samaddar[18]	412	0.42
Majority			12,743	12.99
Turnout			99,125	50.08
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jorasanko

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Smita Bakshi	44,766	42.79	−8.32
	BJP	Rahul Sinha	38,476	36.77	+21.64
	RJD	Avinash Kumar Agarwal	15,639	14.95	New
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,374	2.27	New
	BSP	Uttam Mali	816	0.78
Majority			6,290	6.02	−21.76
Turnout			1,04,630	53.72	−2.03
	AITC hold		Swing	-8.32

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jorasanko

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Smita Bakshi	57,981	51.11
	CPI(M)	Janki Singh	26,461	23.33
	BJP	Mina Devi Purohit	17,161	15.13
	JD(U)	Md Sohrab	8,526	7.52
Majority			31,520	27.78
Turnout			1,13,419	55.75
	AITC win