Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Chapra | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Chapra Location in West Bengal | |
Coordinates: 23°32′14″N 88°33′10″E / 23.53722°N 88.55278°ECoordinates: 23°32′14″N 88°33′10″E / 23.53722°N 88.55278°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Nadia |
Constituency No | 82 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 12. Krishnanagar |
Electorate (year) | 186,928 (2011) |
Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 82 Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chapra community development block.[1]
Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
---|---|---|---|
1951 | Chapra | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] |
1957 | Haringhata | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress[3] |
Promatha Ranjan Thakur | Indian National Congress[3] | ||
1962 | Chapra | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad [4] |
1967 | Jagannath Majumdar | Bangla Congress[5] | |
1969 | Salil Behari Hundle | Bangla Congress[6] | |
1971 | Sahabuddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
1972 | Ghiasuddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1977 | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1982 | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1987 | Mir Qusem | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1991 | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1996 | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
2001 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2006 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
2011 | Rukbanur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
2016 | Rukbanur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress[citation needed] |
Election results[]
2021[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[]
In the 2011 election, Rukbanur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[]
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[15] and Julfikar Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[14] 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,[13] and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[12] Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987.[11] Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982[10] and Kazi Safluddin of Janata Party in 1977.[9][18]
1951–1972[]
Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972.[8] Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Salil Behari Hundle of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[6] J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in 1962,[4] The Chapra constituency was not there in 1957. Smarajit Bandopadhyay and Promatha Ranjan Thakur, both of Congress, won from the Haringhata joint seat in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Smarajit Bandopadhyay of Congress won the Chapra seat.[2]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chapra. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "73 - Chapra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
- Politics of Nadia district