Jorasanko Assembly constituency

Jorasanko Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Jorasanko Assembly constituency

Jorasanko Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

Jorasanko Assembly constituency

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

• Ward Nos. (/wiki/WardNo.22,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.23,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.25,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.27,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.37,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.38,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.39,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.40,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.41,KolkataMunicipalCorporation), (/wiki/WardNo.42,KolkataMunicipalCorporation) and (/wiki/WardNo.43,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>IV</td><td>22</td><td>Meena Devi Purohit</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Vijay Ojha</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Rajesh Kumar Sinha</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Meenakshi Gupta</td></tr><tr><td>V</td><td>37</td><td>Soma Chaudhuri</td></tr><tr><td>IV</td><td>38</td><td>Sadhana Bose</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Mohammad Jasimuddin</td></tr><tr><td>V</td><td>40</td><td>Suparna Dutta</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>Reita Chowdhury</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>Mahesh Kumar Sharma</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>Ayesha Kaniz</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Jorasanko Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Amarendra Nath Basu</td><td></td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Anandi Lal Poddar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Badri Prasad Poddar</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>R. K. Poddar</td></tr><tr><td>1969</td><td>Deokinandan Poddar</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Vishnu Kant Shastri</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>Deokinandan Poddar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Satya Narain Bajaj</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Dinesh Bajaj</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Smita Bakshi</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Vivek Gupta</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>Vijay Upadhyay</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Vijay Ojha</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Bharat Ram Tiwari</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td></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>Vivek Gupta</td><td>52,123</td><td>52.67</td><td>+9.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Meena Devi Purohit</td><td>39,380</td><td>39.80</td><td>+3.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Janab Ajmal Khan</td><td>4,769</td><td>4.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the Above</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>1,028</td><td>1.04</td><td>−1.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Samaddar</td><td>412</td><td>0.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>12,743</td><td>12.99</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>99,125</td><td>50.08</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>Smita Bakshi</td><td>44,766</td><td>42.79</td><td>−8.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Rahul Sinha</td><td>38,476</td><td>36.77</td><td>+21.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RJD</td><td>Avinash Kumar Agarwal</td><td>15,639</td><td>14.95</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the Above</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2,374</td><td>2.27</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Uttam Mali</td><td>816</td><td>0.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>6,290</td><td>6.02</td><td>−21.76</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,630</td><td>53.72</td><td>−2.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-8.32</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>Smita Bakshi</td><td>57,981</td><td>51.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Janki Singh</td><td>26,461</td><td>23.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mina Devi Purohit</td><td>17,161</td><td>15.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>Md Sohrab</td><td>8,526</td><td>7.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>31,520</td><td>27.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,13,419</td><td>55.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC win</td></tr></tbody></table>