# Chowrangee Assembly constituency

Chowrangee Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Located at the heart of Kolkata, the capital city of the state, this has been a bastion of Trinamool Congress since the party's formation. Prior to it was a stronghold of Indian National Congress, from which party two Chief ministers, Bidhan Chandra Roy and Siddhartha Shankar Ray had been won member of seat, during the tenure.

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Chowrangee Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 62 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Chowrangee Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Sankar Ghose | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Sankar Ghose | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Sandip Das | Janata Party |
| 1982 | Sisir Kumar Bose | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress |
| By-election, 1993 | Anil Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Subrata Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Subrata Bakshi | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2011 | Sikha Chowdhury(Mitra) | All India Trinamool Congress |
| By-election, 2014 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chowrangee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 70,101 | 62.87 |
| | BJP | Devdutta Maji | 24,757 | 22.20 |
| | INC | Santosh Pathak | 14,266 | 12.80 |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,212 | 1.09 |
| | BSP | Swaminath Kori | 264 | 0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,344 | 41.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,625 | 53.61 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | + |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chowrangee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 55,119 | 47.29 | +7.15 |
| | INC | Somen Mitra | 41,903 | 36.95 | +12.53 |
| | BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 15,707 | 13.48 | −11.64 |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,183 | 1.87 | New |
| | SUCI(C) | Kartik Kumkar | 612 | 0.53 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,216 | 10.34 | −4.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,557 | 56.20 | +8.51 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | +7.15 | |

### By-election, 2014

A by-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury (Mitra) who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress.
By-election, 2014: Chowrangee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | 38,328 | 40.14 | −31.76 |
| | BJP | Ritesh Tiwari | 23,984 | 25.12 | +20.78 |
| | INC | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 23,317 | 24.42 | New |
| | CPI(M) | Adv. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan | 8,890 | 9.09 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,344 | 15.02 | −37.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,650 | 47.69 | −4.56 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -31.76 | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chowrangee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra) | 79,450 | 71.90 | |
| | RJD | Bimal Singh | 21,711 | 19.65 | |
| | BJP | Shahnawaz Ahmed | 4,799 | 4.34 | |
| | AIMF | Abdul Wahab | 1,640 | 1.48 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57,739 | 52.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,10,506 | 54.42 | |
| | AITC win | AITC win | AITC win | AITC win | AITC win |