Cossipur was an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Kolkata

Kolkata

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 in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, Cossipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.

It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)

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1977-2009

In the 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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 and 2001 state assembly elections Tarak Bandopadhyay representing Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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 won the 140 Cossipur assembly seat defeating Salil Chatterjee of CPI (M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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, and Bijoy Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) respectively. In 1996, Tarak Bandopadhyay representing Congress

Indian National Congress

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 defeated Anup Das of CPI(M). Dipak Chanda of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress in 1991 and 1987. In 1982, Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress defeated Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

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 of CPI(M). In 1977, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress.

1951-1972

The Cossipore seat was won by Prafulla Kanti Ghosh of Congress in 1972 and 1971. Vishnu Gopal Basu of CPI(M) won in 1969, S.K.Paul of Congress won in 1967. Sunil Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. Deben Sen of PSP

Praja Socialist Party

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 won in 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

. Biswanath Roy of Congress won in independent India’s first general election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

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