Ward No. 143, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 143, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 16,[1] covering parts of the Joka[2] neighbourhood in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Ward No. 143
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 143
Coordinates: 22.456589°N 88.321242°E / 22.456589; 88.321242
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
NeighbourhoodsJoka
Parliamentary constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Assembly constituencyBehala Purba
Borough16
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code(s)+91 33
Ward No. 143 in Kolkata

History

Wards No. 142, 143 and 144, in Joka, were created in 2012 and subsequently brought under Borough No. 16. The area of the newly created wards was earlier part of Joka I and Joka II gram panchayats.[3]

Election highlights

The ward forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[4]

Election yearConstituencyName of councillorParty affililiation
2015Ward No. 143Indrajit BhattacharyaAll India Trinamool Congress[5]
 
Kolkata Municipal Corporation election 2015 summary
Party Seats won Seat change
All India Trinamool Congress 123 (116+7) 19
Left Front 13 (15-2) 18
Bharatiya Janata Party 4 (5-1) 2
Indian National Congress 2 (5-3) 5
Independents 1 (3-2) 3

Source: DNA West Bengal Municipal Election Results, 28 April 2015

References
  1. https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/BoroughCommitte.jsp
  2. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/joka-to-come-under-kmc-in-2-months-mayor/977296/
  3. "Assembly clears borough bill". The Telegraph. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April 2015


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