Chowrangee Assembly constituency

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Located at the heart of Kolkata, the capital city of the state, this has been a bastion of Trinamool Congress since the party's formation. Earlier, it was a stronghold of Indian National Congress, from which party two chief ministers, Bidhan Chandra Roy and Siddhartha Shankar Ray, had been elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

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Chowrangee Assembly constituency

Overview

Chowrangee Assembly constituency

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

• Ward Nos. (/wiki/WardNo.44,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.45,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.46,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.47,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.48,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.49,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.50,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.51,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.52,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.53,KolkataMunicipalCorporation) and (/wiki/WardNo.62,KolkataMunicipalCorporation) of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

<table><thead><tr><th>Borough</th><th>Ward No.</th><th>Councillor</th><th>2021 Winner</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>V</td><td>44</td><td>Rehana Khatoon</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Santosh Kumar Pathak</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>VI</td><td>46</td><td>Priyanka Saha</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Bimal Singh</td></tr><tr><td>V</td><td>48</td><td>Biswarup Dey</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>Monalisa Banerjee</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>Sajal Ghosh</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>VI</td><td>51</td><td>Indranil Kumar</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td>Sohini Mukherjee</td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td>Indrani Saha Banerjee</td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td>Sana Ahmed</td></tr></tbody></table>

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Chowrangee Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>Bijoy Singh Nahar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Siddhartha Shankar Ray</td></tr><tr><td>1969</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>Sankar Ghose</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Sandip Das</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>Sisir Kumar Bose</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Siddhartha Shankar Ray</td></tr><tr><td>1993^</td><td>Anil Chatterjee</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Subrata Mukherjee</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Subrata Bakshi</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)</td></tr><tr><td>2014^</td><td>Nayna Bandyopadhyay</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Nayna Bandyopadhyay</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RCPI</td><td>Sanjoy Basu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Santosh Pathak</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Md Imran Khan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Nayna Bandyopadhyay</td><td>70,101</td><td>62.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Devdutta Maji</td><td>24,757</td><td>22.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Santosh Pathak</td><td>14,266</td><td>12.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>1,212</td><td>1.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Swaminath Kori</td><td>264</td><td>0.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>45,344</td><td>41.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,11,625</td><td>53.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Nayna Bandyopadhyay</td><td>55,119</td><td>47.29</td><td>+7.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Somen Mitra</td><td>41,903</td><td>36.95</td><td>+12.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ritesh Tiwari</td><td>15,707</td><td>13.48</td><td>−11.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the Above</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2,183</td><td>1.87</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Kartik Kumkar</td><td>612</td><td>0.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>13,216</td><td>10.34</td><td>−4.68</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,16,557</td><td>56.20</td><td>+8.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+7.15</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

By-election, 2014

A by-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury (Mitra) who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Nayna Bandyopadhyay</td><td>38,328</td><td>40.14</td><td>−31.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ritesh Tiwari</td><td>23,984</td><td>25.12</td><td>+20.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Santosh Kumar Pathak</td><td>23,317</td><td>24.42</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Adv. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan</td><td>8,890</td><td>9.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>14,344</td><td>15.02</td><td>−37.23</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>96,650</td><td>47.69</td><td>−4.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-31.76</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra)</td><td>79,450</td><td>71.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RJD</td><td>Bimal Singh</td><td>21,711</td><td>19.65</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shahnawaz Ahmed</td><td>4,799</td><td>4.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIMF</td><td>Abdul Wahab</td><td>1,640</td><td>1.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>57,739</td><td>52.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,10,506</td><td>54.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC win</td></tr></tbody></table>