# Alipore Assembly constituency

Alipore Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Alipore Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency),
Around half of the electorate of the constituency were slum dwellers.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Alipore | Satyendra Kumar Basu | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Somnath Lahiri | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | | Somnath Lahiri | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | Mani Sanyal | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | | Mani Sanyal | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | | Kanailal Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Kanailal Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Ashoke Kumar Bose | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Anup Kumar Chandra | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | | Tapas Paul | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Tapas Paul | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2009 By-election | | Firhad Hakim | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2009 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 10 November 2009 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Tapas Paul who was elected as MP In Parliament from Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Firhad Hakim of Trinamool Congress Defeated Kaustav Chatterjee of CPIM.
West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Alipore constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | AITC | Firhad Hakim | 41,635 |
| | CPI(M) | Kaustav Chatterjee | 14,080 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,555 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,745 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing |

### 2006

In the 2006 election, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biplab Chatterjee of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Alipore constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Tapas Paul | 37,440 | 52.18 |
| | CPI(M) | Biplab Chatterjee | 26,138 | 36.43 |
| | INC | Biswajit Deb | 5,885 | 8.20 |
| | Independent | Prasanta Kumar Maity | 578 | 0.81 |
| | BSP | Suresh Kumar Biswas | 484 | 0.67 |
| | Independent | Ajoy Kumar Das | 408 | 0.57 |
| | Independent | Ashim Saha | 259 | 0.36 |
| | Independent | Amarendra Nath Ghosh | 219 | 0.31 |
| | Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 187 | 0.26 |
| | Independent | Deb Kumar Das | 148 | 0.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,302 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,746 | 60.27 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | +12.98 |

### 1977-2009

In the 2009 by-election, Firhad Hakim (Bobby) of Trinamool Congress won the 148 Alipore assembly seat. The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Tapas Paul, to the Lok Sabha from the Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). In 2006 and 2001 elections to the state assembly, Tapas Paul of Trinamool Congress won the seat defeating his nearest rivals Biplab Chatterjee and Mira Bhowmick respectively, both of CPI(M). Saugata Roy of Congress 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 Janata Party 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 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Satendra Kumar Basu of Congress won the Alipur seat.