Behala Paschim | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Location in Kolkata | |
Coordinates: 22°29′24″N 88°18′54″E / 22.49000°N 88.31500°ECoordinates: 22°29′24″N 88°18′54″E / 22.49000°N 88.31500°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Constituency No | 154 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
Electorate (year) | 259,713 (2011) |
Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Behala West) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Behala is a neighborhood in Kolkata.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 154 Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131,and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation,
Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).Behala West was earlier part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).