| Chandipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 211 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanthi |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 2,45,775 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Chandipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 211 Chandipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandipur community development block, and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block.[1]
Chandipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Soham Chakraborty | ||
| 2026 | Pijush Kanti Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Ā±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pijush Kanti Das | 126,047 | |||
| AITC | Uttam Barik | 105,777 | |||
| CPI(M) | Rita Das | 6,568 | |||
| INC | Ahmed Sk. Taslim | 1,207 | |||
| Jatiya Unnayan Party (AIMA) | Ayub Khan | 675 | |||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 617 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 239,394 | 93.54 | |||
| BJP gain from Trinamool Congress | Swing | ||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Ā±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Soham Chakraborty | 1,09,770 | |||
| BJP | Pulak Kanti Guria | 96,298 | |||
| CPI(M) | Ashis Kumar Guchhait | 9,837 | |||
| Turnout | 2,19,591 | 83% | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Ā±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee | 95,982 | 48.52 | ā2.28 | |
| CPI(M) | Mangal Chand Pradhan | 86,328 | 43.64 | ā0.40 | |
| BJP | Pijush Das | 10,160 | 5.14 | +2.17 | |
| BSP | Biswanath Ghorai | 1,274 | 0.64 | ||
| Turnout | 197,801 | 88.51 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Ā±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee | 88,010 | 50.80 | ||
| CPI(M) | Bidyut Guchait | 76,301 | 44.04 | ||
| BJP | Chanchal Maiti | 5,149 | 2.97 | ||
| Independent | Siraj Khan | 3,780 | |||
| Turnout | 173,240 | 91.84 | |||
References[edit | edit source]
- ā 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ā "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2011". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ā "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandipur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ā "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Chandipur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.