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Chanditala
Constituency No. 194 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Lok Sabha constituencySreerampur
Established1962
Total electors201,831
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party [[Trinamool Congress|Template:Trinamool Congress/meta/shortname]]  
Alliance [[Trinamool Congress|Template:Trinamool Congress/meta/shortname]]  +
Elected year2021

Chanditala Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit | edit source]

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

Chanditala Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1962 Kanai Lali Dey Indian National Congress
1967 Mohammad Abdul Latif Independent politician
1969
1971 Kaji Safiulla Communist Party of India
1972 Safiulla Indian National Congress
1977 Malin Ghosh Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996 Akbar Ali Khandoker Indian National Congress
2001 Bhaktaram Pan Communist Party of India
2006
2011 Swati Khandoker Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swati Khandoker 1,07,143 47.1
BJP Debasish Mukherjee 87,480 38.46
CPI(M) Sheikh Asif Ali 25,438 11.18
INC Sheikh Abu Abbasuddin 2,458 1.08
None of the above (India) None of the above 1,441 0.64
Majority 19,663 8.64
Turnout 2,27,472
Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swati Khandoker 103,118 49.79 Increase1.51
BJP Yash Dasgupta 61,771 29.83 Increase23.08
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 37,161 17.94 Decrease22.89
None of the above (India) None of the Above 2,156 1.04 Decrease0.70
Independent Abdul Rahim Mollick 1,886 0.91 Template:New
Independent Onkar Majumder 1,014 0.49 Template:New
Majority 41,347 19.96 Increase12.51
Turnout 2,07,106 78.67 Decrease0.50
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swati Khandoker 91,874 48.28 Decrease4.18
CPI(M) Azim Ali Mohammad Sheikh 77,698 40.83 Decrease1.35
BJP Sudipta Chattopadhyay 12,843 6.75 Increase3.46
None of the above (India) None of the Above 3,305 1.74 Template:New
SHS Raghuwansh Dwivedy 1,970 1.04 Template:New
IUC Moidul Islam Laskar 1,426 0.75 Template:New
SUCI(C) Dinabandhu Dutta 1,184 0.62 Template:New
Majority 14,176 7.45 Decrease2.83
Turnout 1,90,300 79.17 Decrease2.35
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Swati Khandoker 86,394 52.46
CPI(M) Azim Ali Mohammad Sheikh 69,474 42.18
BJP Sudipta Chattopadhyay 5,413 3.29
PDCI Swagata Ghosh 3,419 2.08
Majority 16,920 10.28
Turnout 1,64,700 81.52
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI (M) Swing

1977-2006[edit | edit source]

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[2] and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[3] 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.[4] Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991,[5] Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987,[6] Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982[7] and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977.[8][9]

1962-1972[edit | edit source]

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972.[10] Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971.[11] Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969[12] and 1967.[13] Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in 1962.[14]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "178 - Chanditala Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.