Behala Paschim Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala West Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Borough Ward No. Councillor2021 WinnerXIII118Tarak Singh119Kakali BagXVI125Chhanda Sarkar126Ghanasree BaghXIV127Malobika Baidya128Partha Sarkar129Sanhita Das130Avijit Mukherjee131Ratna Chatterjee132Sanchita Mitra

Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly YearNamePartyBehala1952Biren Roy1957Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay1962Behala West1967Rabin Mukherjee196919711972Biswanath Chakraborty1977Rabin Mukherjee198219871991Nirmal Mukherjee19962001Partha Chatterjee2006Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim2011Partha Chatterjee201620212026Indranil Khan

Election results 2026 In 2026, Indranil Khan defeated the TMC, ending their 25- year rule in the constituency.

2021

2016 In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011 In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2006 In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Chatterjee of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001 Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996, and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991. Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1987, Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1982 and Subodh Chandra Das of Congress in 1977.

1972 Biswanath Chakraborty of CPI won in 1972. Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1952, Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.

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