Kabitirtha Assembly constituency

Kabitirtha Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kabitirtha
Former constituency No. 147 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Jadavpur
Established	1967
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Kabitirtha Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.^[1]

It was part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Watgaunge	Kali Mukherjee	Indian National Congress[3]
1957	Ekbalpore	Narendranath Sen	Indian National Congress[4]
1962		Narendranath Sen	Indian National Congress[5]
1967	Kabitirtha	B.B.Paul	Indian National Congress[6]
1969		Kalimuddin Shams	All India Forward Bloc[7]
1971		Ram Peary Ram	Indian National Congress[8]
1972		Ram Peary Ram	Indian National Congress[9]
1977		Kalimuddin Shams	All India Forward Bloc[10]
1982		Kalimuddin Shams	All India Forward Bloc[11]
1987		Ram Pyare Ram	Indian National Congress[12]
1991		Kalimuddin Shams	All India Forward Bloc[13]
1996		Ram Peary Ram	Indian National Congress[14]
2001		Ram Peary Ram	Indian National Congress[15]
2006		Ram Peary Ram	Indian National Congress[16]

Election results

1977-2006

In the 2006,^[16] 2001^[15] and 1996^[14] state assembly elections, Ram Pyare Ram of Congress won the 147 Kabitirtha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Moinuddin Shams of Forward Bloc in all the three years. Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc defeated Ram Pyare Ram of Congress in 1991.^[13] Ram Pyare Ram of Congress defeated Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc in 1987.^[12] Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc defeated Saugata Roy of ICS in 1982^[11] and Ram Pyare Ram of Congress in 1977.^[10][17]

1967-1972

Ram Peary Ram of Congress won in 1972^[9] and 1971,^[8] Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc won in 1969.^[7] B.B.Paul of Congress won in 1967.^[6]

1951-1962 Ekbalpore-Watgunge

In 1962^[5] and 1957,^[4] there was a seat at Ekbalpore. Narendra Nath Sen of Congress won in both the years. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Kali Mukherjee of Congress won the Watgunge seat.^[3]