# Bowbazar Assembly constituency

Bowbazar Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bowbazar Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Bowbazar | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Bijay Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Abul Hasan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Abdul Rauf Ansari | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 Bye-election | | Ajit Pandey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | West Bengal Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Sudip Bandyopadyay | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 Bye-election | | Swarna Kamal Saha | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Results
### 2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 18 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Sudip Banerjee who was elected as MP In Parliament from Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).
In This Election, Swarnakamal Saha of Trinamool Congress Defeated Minati Gomez of CPIM - Supported Independent.
West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Swarna Kamal Saha | 26,271 | | |
| | Independent | Minati Gomez | 4,851 | | |
| | BJP | Ajay Kumar Bajpayee | 2,366 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,650 | 27.69 | −6.7 |
| | Swing to AITC from INC | Swing to AITC from INC | Swing | +21.27 | |

### 2006

In the 2006 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rekha Singh of CPIM.
2006 West Bengal state assembly election: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 21,451 | 40.3 |
| | CPI(M) | Rekha Singh | 15,309 | 28.8 |
| | AITC | Sultan Ahmed | 15,135 | 28.4 |
| | Independent | Sudipto Kumar Roy | 391 | 0.7 |
| | Independent | Sanjib Mukherjee | 207 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Akbar Ali | 196 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Md. Muslim | 168 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Sajal Bandyopadhyay | 165 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Sailen Auddy | 107 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Barin Dutta | 106 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,142 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,236 | 54.4% |
| | INC gain from AITC | INC gain from AITC | Swing | |

### 2001

In the 2001 election, Nayna Bandyopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ajit Pandey of CPIM.
West Bengal state assembly election, 2001: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 27,840 | 55.1 | +21.85 |
| | CPI(M) | Ajit Pandey | 15,892 | 31.5 | −5.24 |
| | Independent | Syed Sahid Imam | 3,039 | 6.0 | |
| | BJP | Arun Kumar Hazra | 2,726 | 5.4 | |
| | Independent | Dilip Kumar Dutta | 330 | 0.7 | |
| | Independent | Sumanta Bhowmick | 281 | 0.6 | |
| | Independent | Subrata Singha | 162 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Rathindar Nath Bhattacharya | 130 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Khurshid Ali Afzal | 96 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,948 | 23.7% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,504 | 43.3% | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 1998 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 3 June 1998 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Sudip Bandyopadhyay who was elected as MP In Parliament from Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).
West Bengal state assembly bye election, 1998: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Ajit Pandey | 19,903 | 36.73 | |
| | Trinamool Congress | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 18,021 | 33.25 | |
| | INC | Abdur Rauf Ansari | 15,711 | 28.99 | |
| | RJD | Prof. Syed Haider Hasan Kazimi | 329 | 0.61 | |
| | Independent | Ajit Kumar Das | 89 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Sujan Mukherjee | 50 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Bablu Singh | 45 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Aloke Chatterjee | 28 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Ramen Pandey | 16 | 0.03 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,882 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,650 | 27.69 | −6.7 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 1996

In the 1996 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujit Mandal of Janata Dal.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1996: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 36,579 | 59.4 |
| | JD | Sujit Mandal | 17,181 | 27.9 |
| | BJP | Rajendra Kumar Gupta | 3,039 | 8.9 |
| | Independent | Shyamal Kumar Dutta | 542 | 0.9 |
| | AIIC(T) | Bratindra Naskar | 364 | 0.6 |
| | Independent | Joseph Rozario | 284 | 0.5 |
| | Independent | Pinaki Das | 227 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Habul Mukherjee (Tarak) | 207 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Md. Kasim | 188 | 0.3 |
| | ABHM | Saroj Bhattacharjee | 110 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Bibekananda Paul | 108 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Gautam Das Gupta | 90 | 0.2 |
| | Social Action | S.M. Mustafa | 71 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Brindaban Chandra Dey | 63 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Kamal Kumar Roy | 42 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Narayan Chandra Ghosh | 38 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Md. Saifuddin | 36 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,398 | 30.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,365 | 56.8% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1991

In the 1991 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Joytilak Guharoy of CPIM.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1991: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 29,405 | 59.4 |
| | CPI(M) | Joytilak Guha Roy | 17,672 | 32.5 |
| | BJP | Sanat Kumar Datta | 6,573 | 12.1 |
| | All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | Salauddin | 323 | 0.6 |
| | LKD | Raju Anthony | 121 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Indranil Kumar | 69 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Bikram Sur | 62 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Khurshid Ali Afzal | 57 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Md. Zakir | 48 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Bhuban Bhowmick | 26 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Onkar Majumdar | 9 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,733 | 21.2% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,471 | 53.4% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1987

In the 1987 election, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Ismail of CPIM.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1987: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 30,333 | 56.7 |
| | CPI(M) | Md. Ismail | 19,591 | 36.6 |
| | Independent | S. M. Shahabuddin Haider | 1,871 | 3.5 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | Anindya Gopal Mitra | 694 | 1.3 |
| | JP | Chandra Deep Giri | 553 | 1.0 |
| | Independent | Mohammed Musa | 143 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Ashok Chakraborty | 120 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Satya Deo Mishra | 82 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Maniruddin | 68 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Anil Kumar Sen | 49 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Shakir Hussain | 36 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,742 | 19.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,791 | 60.3% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1982

In the 1982 election, Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1982: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Abdul Rauf Ansari | 26,001 | 51.4 |
| | CPI(M) | Abul Hasan | 22,615 | 44.7 |
| | BJP | Anindya Gopal Mitra | 1,602 | 3.2 |
| | Independent | Ramendra Bhusan Singh | 252 | 0.5 |
| | Independent | Md. Salim Khan | 161 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,386 | 6.5% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,725 | 58.8% |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 1977

In the 1977 election, Abul Hasan of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of Janata Party.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1977: Bowbazar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Abul Hasan | 13,996 | 38.54 |
| | JP | Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania | 11,670 | 32.13 |
| | INC | Abdul Rauf Ansari | 8,168 | 22.49 |
| | Independent | Manabendra Ghosh | 1,611 | 4.4 |
| | Independent | Prakash Shaw | 556 | 1.5 |
| | Independent | K. B. Roy | 182 | 0.5 |
| | Independent | Hrishikesh Tewari | 68 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Anindya Kumar Mitra | 68 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,326 | 6.3% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,901 | 40.4% |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |
In the 2009 by-election, necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, to the Parliament from the Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency), Swarnakamal Saha of Trinamool Congress won the 145 Bowbazar assembly seat. In 2006, the seat was won by Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Congress defeating Rekha Singh of CPI(M). In 2001, the seat was won by Nayana Bandopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeating Ajit Pandey of CPI(M). Sudip Bandopadhyay of Congress won the seat defeating Sujit Mandal of JD in 1996, Joytilak Guha Roy of JD in 1991 and Md. Ismail of CPI(M) in 1987. In 1982, Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated Abul Hasan of CPI(M). In 1977, Abul Hasan of CPI(M) won the seat defeating Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of Congress.

### 1951-1972

Bijay Singh Nahar of Congress won the seat defeating Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI(M) in 1972 and 1971, D.C.Bhowmick of Forward Block in 1969, S.Gupta of Forward Bloc and H,Chatterjee and CPI(M) in 1967 and Md. Ismail of CPI in 1962. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy won the seat in 1957 defeating Md. Ismail of CPI by a narrow margin of 540 votes and Satyapriya Banerjee of Forward Bloc (Marxists) in independent India’s first election in 1951.