Bowbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Bowbazar was an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bowbazar ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of Calcutta North West.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Results

1977-2009

2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Sudip Banerjee who was elected as MP In Parliament from Kolkata Uttar.
In This Election, Swarnakamal Saha of Trinamool Congress Defeated Minati Gomez of CPIM - Supported Independent.

2006

In the 2006 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rekha Singh of CPIM.

2001

In the 2001 election, Nayna Bandyopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ajit Pandey of CPIM.

1998 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 3 June 1998 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Sudip Bandyopadhyay who was elected as MP In Parliament from Calcutta North West.

1996

In the 1996 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujit Mandal of Janata Dal.

1991

In the 1991 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Joytilak Guharoy of CPIM.

1987

In the 1987 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Ismail of CPIM.

1982

In the 1982 election, Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM.

1977

In the 1977 election, Abul Hasan of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of Janata Party.
In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, to the Parliament from the Kolkata Uttar, Swarnakamal Saha of Trinamool Congress won the 145 Bowbazar assembly seat. In 2006, the seat was won by Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeating Rekha Singh of CPI. In 2001, the seat was won by Nayana Bandopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeating Ajit Pandey of CPI. Sudip Bandopadhyay of Congress won the seat defeating Sujit Mandal of JD in 1996, Joytilak Guha Roy of JD in 1991 and Md. Ismail of CPI in 1987. In 1982, Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated Abul Hasan of CPI. In 1977, Abul Hasan of CPI won the seat defeating Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of Congress.

1951-1972

Bijay Singh Nahar of Congress won the seat defeating Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI in 1972 and 1971, D.C.Bhowmick of Forward Block in 1969, S.Gupta of Forward Bloc and H,Chatterjee and CPI in 1967 and Md. Ismail of CPI in 1962.Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy won the seat in 1957 defeating Md. Ismail of CPI by a narrow margin of 540 votes and Satyapriya Banerjee of Forward Bloc in independent India’s first election in 1951.