Jorabagan 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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, Jorabagan Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Results

1977-2009

In the 2006 state assembly elections, the 142 Jorabagan seat was won by Parimal Biswas of

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defeating his nearest rival Sanjoy Bakshi of

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. In the 2004 by-elections, Parimal Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Sinha of

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. The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Sudhansu Seal to parliament from Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency). Sudhansu Seal of CPI(M) defeated Sanjoy Bakshi of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Sanjoy Bakshi representing Congress defeated Sarala Maheswari of CPI(M) in 1996.

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of Congress defeated Shantilal Jain of

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in 1991, and Sarla Maheswari of CPI(M) in 1987 and 1982. Haripada Bharati of

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defeated Hara Prasad Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951-1972

Ila Roy of Congress defeated Haraprasad Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1972. Nepal Chandra Roy of Congress defeated Haraprasad Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1971 and 1969. Haraprasad Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Nepal Chandra Roy of Congress in 1967. Nepal Chandra Roy of Congress defeated Ajit Kumar Biswas of Forward Bloc (Marxist) in

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and

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. Ram Lagan Roy of Congress defeated Ardhansu Mitra of CPI in independent India’s first election in 1951.

References

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