General Elections to West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 2016
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GENERAL ELECTIONS TO WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016 CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, WEST BENGAL STATISTICS & INFORMATION SUNIL KUMAR GUPTA, IAS Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal & Ex-officio Principal Secretary Home Department, Election Branch Government of West Bengal From the desk of the Chief Electoral Officer… he recently concluded General Elections on a three-pronged strategy involving intensive to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly preventive actions from the announcement of T2016 have been a watershed event in elections, extensive outreach and dialogue to many respects. In terms of scale and size, over build confidence amongst voters and strong 545 lakh voters exercised their democratic security arrangements including deployment of choice at 77,247 polling stations spread out from Central Armed Police Forces well ahead of the Himalayas to Indian Ocean over 7 poll days. The polling days. Our core philosophy pervading entire process of these elections is a testimony of all IT applications, welfare measures and voter- the collective will power and concerted efforts friendly initiatives was to make these elections permeating the entire election machinery more inclusive, participatory and accessible. which was facing new & daunting challenges and opening new vistas of innovation and The present document is an attempt to capture creativity. An elaborate planning exercise filled the important multi-faceted dimensions of with meticulous details of activities entailing this massive management event. Though not excellent coordination at all levels of election exhaustive, it is an excellent record of the major management and its diligent execution turned events and activities that were undertaken in this into a memorable election. quick succession and synchronously by a large and diverse government machinery working Preparations for the elections started nearly a practically day & night with a common goal. year before the polls were actually announced. Over the years, Elections in West Bengal have The Activity Calendar was developed and continued to remain a point of convergence shared with District Election Officers factoring of energy, dedication and perseverance of in timelines for completing each activity within thousands of faceless people, voters and polling its defined time-frame.I t required a sustained personnel, who make elections a success. I take application of mind and dedication at all levels this opportunity to congratulate all those who to timely complete the vast number and varied have contributed to making the WBLA Elections nature of activities to complete the collage, 2016 a success. but our election team members willingly took up this challenge and came out with flying I convey my heart-felt gratitude to the colours. These elections witnessed creativity Honourable Chief Election Commissioner revealed in refreshing variety when it came of India, Dr. Nasim Zaidi, for his continuous to implementing the SVEEP strategies which guidance and unstinted support during the were soaked in local cultural traditions and entire election process. yet could effectively reach out to all voters, ensuring inclusion and equity. To ensure peaceful ambience and a level playing field for all stakeholders, Election Commission focused (S K Gupta) 1. ELECTION OFFICIALS a. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal 7 b. State Officials of WBLA Elections, 2016 7 c. District Election Officers & District Magistrates of West Bengal 8 d. State Nodal Officers of Expenditure Monitoring 9 e. Returning Officers for 294 Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal 10 – 28 2. ELECTORS District wise Distribution of Electors 30 Assembly Constituency wise Distribution of Electors 31 – 42 3. POLLING STATION Poll Day and AC wise Distribution of Polling Stations & Polling Station Locations 44 – 51 4. NOMINATION Summary of Nominations 53 – 54 5. CANDIDATES Votes Secured by Winning Candidates 56 – 76 Performance of Women Candidates 77 – 83 Performance of Candidates 84 – 161 6. POLITICAL PARTIES Recognised Political Parties in West Bengal 163 – 165 Poll Day wise Distribution 165 Assembly Constituency wise Performance of Political Parties 166 – 179 Contestants and Winners of Recognised Political Parties 180 Status of Political Parties including NOTA 180 Performance of Recognised Political parties 181 – 184 7. VOTERS TURNOUT Poll Day wise Voters Turnout 186 – 197 8. LOOKING BACK Year wise Electors and Votes polled 199 Growth in size of Electors 199 Percentage of Poll 200 Growth in Candidates Vis-a-Vis Electors 200 Profile of Constituencies 201 Seats woned by Political Parties 201 – 202 Candidates Contesting in an Assembly Constituency 203 Candidates Contesting in General Assembly Elections 203 Performance of Women Candidates Vis-a-Vis Men Candidates 204 ELECTION OFFICIALS General Elections to 6 West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 2016 Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal Home Department, Election Branch, 21, N.S. Road, Kolkata - 700 001, Phone : 033-22310850 Designation Name Office No. Email-ID Fax CEO Shri Sunil Kumar Gupta, IAS 033- 22310880 ADDL CEO Shri Surendra Gupta, IAS 033-22625465 ADDL CEO Shri Dibyendu Sarkar, IAS 033-22625935 ADDL CEO Shri Saibal Barman, IAS 033- 22310845 JOINT CEO Shri Jaydip Mukhopadhyay, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22310848 JOINT CEO Shri Amit Roy Choudhury, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22310854 [email protected], 033- JOINT CEO Shri Amitabha Sengupta, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22310842 ceo_westbengal 22310840 @eci.gov.in JOINT CEO Smt Anamika Majumdar, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22310843 DY CEO Shri Amitjyoti Bhattacharji, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22310846 DY CEO Shri Saikat Das, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22627912 DY CEO Shri Anjan Ghosh, WBCS (Exe) 033- 22627913 O.S.D & D.D.O Shri Soumya Biswas 033-22544962 System Manager Shri Ashish Baran Paul 033-22310847 State Officials West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, 2016 Sl. Telephone Fax Name & Designation Designation E-Mail-ID No. No. (Office) Number 033- 2214- 1. Shri Basudeb Banerjee, IAS Chief Secretary cs- [email protected] 2214-4328 5858 Additional Chief malaykumarde@hotmail. 033-2214- 2. Shri Malay Kumar De, IAS 2214-3001 Secretary, Home com 5656 Director General & dgpwestbengal@gmail. 033-2214- 033-2214- 3. Shri G.M.P Reddy, IPS Inspector General com 5400 1139 of Police Shri Rajeev Kumar, IPS Commissioner of [email protected], 033-2214- 4. 2214-5424 Somen Mitra, IPS Police, Kolkata [email protected] 5060 [email protected], 033-2214- 5. Shri Anuj Sharma, IPS ADG (L&O) 2214-4031 [email protected] 5009 DG, Income Tax dgit.admin@incometax. 033-2213- 6. Shri C.L. Denzongpa, IRS 2213-6656 (Inv. Directorate) gov.in 6503 Excise wbexcisecommissioner@ 033-2225- 7. Smt. Smarki Mahapatra, IAS 2221-6205 Commissioner gmail.com 9779 Chief Electoral Officer West Bengal 7 8 District Election Officers & District Magistrates of West Bengal Serial Office Residential District Name STD Code Fax E-Mail No. Telephone Telephone 227000, 1 Coochbehar Shri P. Ulaganathan, IAS 03582 227101 227201 [email protected] 225000 03564- 2 Alipurduar Shri D.P.Karnam, IAS 03564 255202 255120 [email protected] 255062 3 Jalpaiguri Smt. Pritha Sarkar, IAS 03561 230127 227333 224811 [email protected] 4 Darjeeling Shri Anurag Srivastava, IAS 0354 254233 2256201 2254338 [email protected] 5 Uttar Dinajpur Shri Randhir Kumar, IAS 03523 246025 246005 246250 [email protected] Shri Tapas Choudhury, 255201, 6 Dakshin Dinajpur 03522 255202 255488 [email protected] WBCS (Exe) 255634 7 Malda Sri Sharad K. Dwivedi, IAS 03512 252381 252415 [email protected] 8 Murshidabad Shri Y. Ratnakara Rao, IAS 03482 251650 250002 250145 [email protected] 253030, 9 Nadia Shri Vijay Bharti, IAS 03472 251001 252052, 252557 [email protected] 252294 25846202, 10 North 24 Parganas Smt. Manmeet Nanda, IAS 033 25523474 25626177 [email protected] 25523662 P. B. Salim, IAS 24793713, 24791774, 24793456, 11 South 24 Parganas 033 [email protected] Shri Avanindra Singh, IAS 24791774 24793713, 24791694 11 Kolkata South Smt. Smita Pandey, IAS 033 24795726 24798804 [email protected] 12 Kolkata North Sri Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS 033 22485249 22625853 [email protected] 26412961, 14 Howrah Sri Suvanjan Das, IAS 033 26412024 26413367 [email protected] 26412024 Shri Sanjay Bansal, IAS 15 Hooghly 033 26802044 26802040 26802048 [email protected] Smt. Mukta Arya, IAS 16 Purbo Medinipur Smt. Antara Acharya, IAS 03228 263098 263120 263500 [email protected] 17 Paschim Medinipur Shri Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS 03222 275571 275570 275427 [email protected] 222490, 18 Purulia Shri Tonmoy Chakraborty, IAS 03252 222302 222301 [email protected] 222511 19 Bankura Smt Moumita Godara (Basu), IAS 03242 250304 250303 254807 [email protected] 2561899, 20 Burdwan Dr. Saumitra Mohan, IAS 0342 2662428 2625700 [email protected] 2625703 21 Birbhum Shri P.Mohan Gandhi, IAS 03462 255222 255223 256222 [email protected] General Elections to West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 2016 State Nodal Officers of Expenditure Monitoring Name of Officer and Designation Contact No. E-mail Address Sri Amitabha Sengupta, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, 9836164478, [email protected] West Bengal 033-22310840 Sri M.K. Das, IPS, DIG (Administration), West Bengal 9830570472 [email protected] Sri Kunal Biswas, Addl. Excise Commissioner (Systems), 9830595434, [email protected] Excise Directorate, West Bengal 033-22360625 Sri Deb Kumar Sonowal (95047), Addl. Director IT (Inv.) 9477330226 [email protected] Unit – 4 Kolkata Chief Electoral Officer West Bengal