Alipore Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of

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in the

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Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the

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, Alipore Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. It was part of

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, Around half of the electorate of the constituency were slum dwellers.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 10 November 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA,

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who was elected as MP In Parliament from

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. Firhad Hakim of Trinamool Congress Defeated Kaustav Chatterjee of CPIM.

2006

In the 2006 election,

of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival

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of CPI(M).

1977-2009

In the 2009 by-election, Firhad Hakim (Bobby) of

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won the 148 Alipore assembly seat. The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA,

, to the Lok Sabha from the

. In

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and 2001 elections to the state assembly, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress won the seat defeating his nearest rivals

and Mira Bhowmick respectively, both of

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defeated Rathindranath Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1996, Tarhin Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) in 1991, and Ashoke Bose of CPI(M) in 1987. Anup Kumar Chandra of Congress defeated Ashok Kumar Bose of CPI(M) in 1982. Ashoke Kumar Bose of CPI(M) defeated Salai Baran Chatterjee of

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in 1977.

1951-1972

Kanailal Sarkar of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mani Sanyal of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Somnath Lahiri of CPI won in

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and

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. In independent India's first election in 1951, Satendra Kumar Basu of Congress won the Alipur seat.

References

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