Sealdah Assembly constituency

Sealdah Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Sealdah
Former constituency No. 156 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency	Calcutta North East
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Overview

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

It was part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1952	Sealdah	Pannalal Bose	Indian National Congress[3]
1967		Pratap Chandra Chunder	Indian National Congress[4]
1969		Jatin Chakraborty	Revolutionary Socialist Party[5]
1971		Binoy Banerjee	Indian National Congress[6]
1972		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[7]
1977		Binoy Banerjee	Janata Party[8]
1982		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[9]
1987		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[10]
1991		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[11]
1996		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[12]
2001		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[13]
2006		Somendra Nath Mitra	Indian National Congress[14]
2009 Bye-election		Sikha Mitra	All India Trinamool Congress[15]

Results

2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Somen Mitra who was elected as MP In Parliament from Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).Sikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress Defeated Prabir Deb of CPI.

Bye election, 2009: Sealdah^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sikha Mitra	23,324
	CPI	Prabir Deb	7,297
Turnout			39,650	27.69	−6.7
	Swing to AITC from INC		Swing	+21.27

2006

In the 2006 elections, Somendra Nath Mitra of INC defeated his nearest rival Prabir Deb of CPI

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Sealdah constituency^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Somendra Nath Mitra	23,011
	CPI	Prabir Deb	10,252
	AITC	Dulaleswar Roy	5,091
	Independent	Tarun Kumar Kar	267
	Independent	Dayanand Prasad	219
	Independent	Swaraj Ranjan Bhattacharyya	215
	Independent	Pradyut Kumar Ghosh	159
	Independent	Dilip Tripathi	99
Turnout			393,13	69.90
	INC hold		Swing

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

1977-2009

In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Somendra Nath Mitra, to the Parliament from the Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), Shikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress won the Sealdah assembly seat. In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections Somendra Nath Mitra of Congress won the 156 Sealdah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Prabir Deb of CPI in 2006, Chanchal Ghosh of CPI in 2001, Arun Prakash Chatterjee of CPI in 1996, Ila Mitra of CPI in 1991, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee of CPI in 1987 and 1982. Binoy Banerjee of Janata Party had won the seat in 1977 defeating Amar Prasad Chakraborty of Forward Bloc.^[18][19]

1967-1972

Somendranath Mitra of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1971. Jatin Chakraborty of RSP won in 1969. Pratap Chandra Chunder of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Seadah seat was not there. There was a seat at Muchipara.^[20]