Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Chanditala
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chanditala is located in West Bengal
Chanditala
Chanditala
Location in West Bengal
Chanditala is located in India
Chanditala
Chanditala
Chanditala (India)
Coordinates: 22°41′00″N 88°16′00″E / 22.68333°N 88.26667°E / 22.68333; 88.26667Coordinates: 22°41′00″N 88°16′00″E / 22.68333°N 88.26667°E / 22.68333; 88.26667
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Constituency No.194
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year)201,831 (2011)
Government
 • MLASwati Khandekar
 • PartyAll India Trinamool Congress

Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Dankuni, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala and Naiti gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block.[1]

Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1962 Chanditala Kanai Lali Dey Indian National Congress[2]
1967 Chanditala Md. Abdul Latif Independent[3]
1969 Chanditala Md. Abdul Latif Independent[4]
1971 Chanditala Kaji Safiulla Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1972 Chanditala Safiulla Indian National Congress[6]
1977 Chanditala Malin Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982 Chanditala Malin Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987 Chanditala Malin Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991 Chanditala Malin Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996 Chanditala Akbar Ali Khandoker Indian National Congress[11]
2001 Chanditala Bhaktaram Pan Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006 Chanditala Bhaktaram Pan Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011 Chanditala Swati Khandoker All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016 Chanditala Swati Khandoker All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Chanditala Swati Khandoker All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, AITC candidate Swati Khandoker defeated her nearest rival Yash Dasgupta of BJP by 41,347 votes

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chanditala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swati Khandoker 103,118 49.79 -2.67
BJP Debashish Dasgupta 61,771 29.83 +26.54
CPI (M) Mohammed Salim 37,161 17.94 -24.24
NOTA None of the above 2,156 1.04
Independent Abdul Rahim Mollick 1,886 0.91
Independent Onkar Majumder 1,014 0.49
Turnout 207,106
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chanditala constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swati Khandekar 91,874 48.28
CPI (M) Md. Sk. Azim Ali 77,698 40.83
BJP Sudipta Chatterjee 12,843 6.75
NOTA None of the above 3,305 1.74
SHS Raghuwansh Dwivedy 1,970 1.04
Indian Unity Centre Moidul Islam Laskar 1,426 0.75
SUCI(C) Dinabandhu Dutta 1,184 0.62
Turnout 190,300 79.17
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

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

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktaram Pan of CPI(M) won the Chanditala assembly seat defeating Swati Khandoker of Trinamool Congress in 2006[13] and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress defeated Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1996.[11] Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991,[10] Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987,[9] Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982[8] and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977.[7][15]

1962-1972[edit]

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972.[6] Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971.[5] Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969[4] and 1967.[3] Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in 1962.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. "178 - Chanditala Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.