Sealdah was an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, Sealdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.

It was part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)

Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)

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1977-2009

In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA , Somendra Nath Mitra

Somendra Nath Mitra

Somendra Nath Mitra , popularly known as Somen Mitra, is an Indian politician. He is a member of the current 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sealdah from 1972-2006. He was the...

 , to the Parliament from the Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)

Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)

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, Shikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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 won the Sealdah assembly seat. In the 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections Somendra Nath Mitra of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 won the 156 Sealdah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Prabir Deb of CPI

Communist Party of India

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 in 2006, Chanchal Ghosh of CPI in 2001, Arun Prakash Chatterjee of CPI in 1996, Ila Mitra

Ila Mitra

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 of CPI in 1991, Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee of CPI in 1987 and 1982. Binoy Banerjee of Janata Party

Janata Party

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 had won the seat in 1977 defeating Amar Prasad Chakraborty of Forward Bloc

All India Forward Bloc

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1967-1972

Somendranath Mitra of Congress won in 1972. Benoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1971. Jatin Chakravarty of RSP

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

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 won in 1969. Pratap Chandra Chunder of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Seadah seat was not there. There was a seat at Muchipara.

1951-1962 Muchipara

Pratap Chandra Chunder of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. Jatindra Chandra Chakravorty, Independent, won in 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

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. Sankar Prasad Mitra of Congress won the Muchipara seat in independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

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