# Behala Paschim Assembly constituency

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala West Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| Behala |||
| 1952 | Biren Roy | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) |
| 1957 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India |
| Behala West |||
| 1967 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Biswanath Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Partha Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Partha Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim |||
| 2011 | Partha Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Partha Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Partha Chatterjee | Independent |

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, Srabanti Chatterjee of BJP.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 114,778 | 49.51 | +2.61 |
| | BJP | Srabanti Chatterjee | 63,894 | 27.56 | +19.36 |
| | CPI(M) | Nihar Bhakta | 47,509 | 20.49 | −22.31 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,433 | 1.05 | −0.81 |
| | IND | Sanat Kumar Bhakat | 873 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50,884 | 22.14 | +17.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,32,249 | 74.15 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 1,02,114 | 46.90 | −16.06 |
| | CPI(M) | Kaustav Chatterjee | 93,218 | 42.80 | +8.90 |
| | BJP | Harikrishna Dutta | 17,962 | 8.20 | +6.11 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,137 | 1.86 | N/A |
| | SUCI(C) | Mrityunjoy Roy | 1,494 | 0.70 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,896 | 4.01 | −24.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,22,253 | 75.49 | −1.90 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

### 2011

In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Paschim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 1,27,870 | 62.96 | 10.57# |
| | CPI(M) | Anupam Debsarkar | 68,849 | 33.90 | −11.54 |
| | BJP | Amalendu Roy Chowdhary | 4,248 | 2.09 | |
| | IND | Jayanta Datta | 2,140 | 1.05 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59,021 | 29.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,03,218 | 77.87 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | 22.11# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2006

In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Chatterjee of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Behala Paschim constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Partha Chatterjee | 82,259 | 48.80 |
| | CPI(M) | Niranjan Chatterjee | 76,532 | 45.40 |
| | INC | Anjali Mukherjee | 5,979 | 3.60 |
| | Independent | Samir Kumar Halder | 1,062 | 0.60 |
| | Independent | Tuhin Sarkar | 999 | 0.60 |
| | Independent | Ashoke Kumar Halder | 957 | 0.60 |
| | Independent | Nirmal Mukherjee | 648 | 0.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,727 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,504 | 74.7 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2001

Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996, and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991. Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1987, Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1982 and Subodh Chandra Das of Congress in 1977.

### 1952-1972

Biswanath Chakraborty of CPI won in 1972. Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1952, Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.