Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency
Chapra | |
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Constituency No. 82 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Chapra Assembly Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Nadia |
LS constituency | Krishnanagar |
Established | 1962 |
Total electors | 248,014 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Chapra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 82 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chapra community development block.[1]
Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
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1962 | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad[2] |
1967 | Jagannath Majumdar | Bangla Congress[3] |
1969 | Salil Behari Hundle | Bangla Congress[4] |
1971 | Sahabuddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] |
1972 | Ghiasuddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress[6] |
1977 | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] |
1982 | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] |
1987 | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] |
1991 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1996 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
2001 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] |
2006 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] |
2011 | Rukbanur Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress[14] |
2016 | Rukbanur Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
2021 | Rukbanur Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | 73,866 | 34.65 | −13.14 | |
Independent | Jeber Sekh | 61,748 | 28.97 | ||
BJP | Kalyan Kumar Nandi | 58,168 | 27.29 | +19.35 | |
CPI(M) | Jahangir Biswas (Raju) | 11,722 | 5.50 | −35.11 | |
ISF | Kanchan Moitra | 3,865 | 1.81 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,023 | 0.95 | −0.06 | |
BSP | Rokibul Hossain Molla | 1,070 | 0.50 | ||
SUCI(C) | Mozammel Hossain Mondal | 713 | 0.33 | ||
Turnout | 213,175 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
.# Jeber Sekh, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress member.
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | 89,556 | 47.79 | +0.65 | |
CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | 76,093 | 40.61 | −4.93 | |
BJP | Sutirtha Chakraborty (Chuni) | 14,887 | 7.94 | +3.63 | |
SHS | Samaresh Biswas | 4,081 | 2.18 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,894 | 1.01 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Dhananjay Ganguly | 884 | 0.47 | ||
Turnout | 187,895 | 85.23 | −2.62 | ||
AITC hold | Swing |
2011
[edit]In the 2011 election, Rukbanur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Rukbanur Rahaman | 77,435 | 47.14 | −9.10# | |
CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | 74,802 | 45.54 | +2.22 | |
BJP | Baidyanath Biswas | 7,078 | 4.31 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Bijoy Kumar Saha | 2,765 | |||
JD(U) | Soumen Mandal | 2,180 | |||
Turnout | 164,260 | 87.87 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -11.32# |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
[edit]In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M) won the Chapra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Abdur Rashid Mollick of Congress in 2006[13] and Julfikar Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mir Quasem Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Julfikar Khan representing Congress in 1996,[11] and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[10] Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987.[9] Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982[8] and Kazi Safluddin of Janata Party in 1977.[7][17]
1962–1972
[edit]Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972.[6] Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971.[5] Salil Behari Hundle of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[4] J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[3] Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in 1962,[2] The Chapra constituency did not exist prior to that.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chapra. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "73 - Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.