Behala Purba Assembly constituency
West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency
Behala Purba Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala East Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Behala Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Ward Nos. 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 142, 143 and 144 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Behala Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Behala Purba (since 2011)
Election results
2026
In the 2026 elections, Sankar Sikder of the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated his nearest rival Subhasish Chakraborty of the TMC by 25,137 votes and by 10.72% of votes ending the 15- year rule of TMC in the constituency. The BJP gained 16.07% votes whereas the TMC lost 11.51% votes as compared to the 2021 elections. The CPI (M) lose -4.23% votes as compared to the 2021 elections by scoring just 9.37% of votes.
2021
2016
2011
In 2011 Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kumkum Chakraborty of CPI(M),
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Kumkum Chakraborti of Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Behala East assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress.
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