Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Jorasanko including Colootola |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Jorasanko
including Colootola |
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| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Constituency No | 165 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 24. Kolkata Uttar |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: জোড়াসাঁকো বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. This page includes information about the defunct Colootola (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Contents
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 165 Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 22, 23, 25, 27, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]
Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Prior to the Indian general election, 2009 it was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jorasanko | Amarendra Nath Basu | Forward Bloc (MG)[3] |
| Colootola | Anandi Lal Poddar | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1957 | Jorasanko | Anandi Lal Poddar | Indian National Congress[4] |
| 1962 | Badri Prasad Poddar | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1967 | R.K.Poddar | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| 1969 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[7] | |
| 1971 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1972 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[9] | |
| 1977 | Vishnu Kant Shastri | Janata Party[10] | |
| 1982 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[11] | |
| 1987 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[12] | |
| 1991 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[13] | |
| 1996 | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress[14] | |
| 2001 | Satya Narain Bajaj | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2006 | Dinesh Bajaj | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
| 2011 | Smita Bakshi | All India Trinamool Congress[17] | |
| 2016 | Smita Bakshi | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results
In 2016. Smita Bakshi of AITMC was reelected for a second term, with a reduced majority. BJP candidate Rahul Sinha came second by a very small margin.
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Smita Bakshi | 44,766 | 42.85 | -8.26 | |
| BJP | Rahul Sinha | 38,476 | 36.83 | +21.70 | |
| RJD | Avinash Kumar Agarwal [18] | 15,639 | 14.97 | N/A | |
| BSP | Uttam Mali | 816 | 0.78 | +0.31 | |
| SUCI(C) | Bijnan Kumar Bera | 641 | 0.61 | N/A | |
| Independent | Uttam Acharya | 618 | 0.59 | +0.23 | |
| Independent | Sunil Roy | 306 | 0.29 | N/A | |
| JD(S) | Manoj Kumar Jaiswal | 300 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | Biswabasu Mukherjee | 296 | 0.28 | +0.09 | |
| Independent | Shyamal Samaddar | 218 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sanjeev Kumar Jain | 180 | 0.17 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,374 | 2.27 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,290 | 6.02 | -21.76 | ||
| Turnout | 104,450 | ||||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Smita Bakshi of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Janki Singh of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Smita Bakshi | 57,970 | 51.11 | -6.32 | |
| CPI(M) | Janki Singh | 26,461 | 23.33 | -15.52 | |
| BJP | Meena Devi Purohit | 17,161 | 15.13 | ||
| JD(U) | Md. Sohrab | 8,526 | 7.52 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Jaiswal | 553 | 0.49 | ||
| BSP | Arvind Singh | 529 | 0.47 | ||
| Independent | Subhash Singh | 474 | 0.42 | ||
| Independent | Uttam Acharya | 407 | 0.36 | ||
| Jago Party | Birendra Singh | 369 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Munni Hela | 269 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | Biswabasu Mukherji | 213 | 0.19 | ||
| SJP(R) | Sunil Roy | 184 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Kanailal Maity | 162 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Bipin Das | 141 | 0.12 | ||
| Majority | 31,509 | 27.78 | |||
| Turnout | 113,419 | ||||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 11 |  1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 |  6 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 1 |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dinesh Bajaj of Trinamool Congress won the Jorasanko assembly seat defeating Shyam Sundar Gupta of Forward Bloc. Satya Narain Bajaj of Trinamool Congress defeated Shyam Sundar Gupta of Forward Bloc in 2001. Deokinandan Poddar of Congress defeated Satish Narayan Bajaj of Forward Bloc in 1996, Sukumar Das of Forward Bloc in 1991 and 1987, and Shyam Sundar Gupta of Forward Bloc in 1982. Vishnu Kant Shastri representing Janata Party defeated Deokinandan Poddar of Congress in 1977.[20]
1951-1972
Deokinandan Poddar of Congress won in 1972,[9]1971[8]and 1969.[7] R.K.Poddar of Congress won in 1967.[6] Badri Prasad Poddar of Congress won in 1962. Anandi Lal Poddar of Congress won in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951[3] Amarendra Nath Basu of Forward Bloc (MG) won the Jorasanko seat.
Colootola
In 1951 there was a seat at Colootola. Anandi Lal Poddar of Congress won it.[3]
References
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