Chapra | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Location in West Bengal   Chapra Chapra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 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) | 186,756 (2011)[1] 219,864 (2016)[2] 248,014 (2021)[3] |
Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 82 Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chapra community development block.[4]
Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Chapra | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress[5] |
| 1957 | Haringhata | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress[6] |
| Promatha Ranjan Thakur | Indian National Congress[6] | ||
| 1962 | Chapra | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad [7] |
| 1967 | Jagannath Majumdar | Bangla Congress[8] | |
| 1969 | Salil Behari Hundle | Bangla Congress[9] | |
| 1971 | Sahabuddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1972 | Ghiasuddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress[11] | |
| 1977 | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1982 | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 1987 | Mir Qusem | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 1991 | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| 1996 | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | |
| 2001 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
| 2006 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18] | |
| 2011 | Rukbanur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress[19] | |
| 2016 | Rukbanur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress[citation needed] | |
| 2021 | Chapra | Rukbanur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2021[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[18] and Julfikar Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[17] 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,[16] and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[15] Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987.[14] Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982[13] and Kazi Safluddin of Janata Party in 1977.[12][21]
1951–1972[edit | edit source]
Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972.[11] Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971.[10] Salil Behari Hundle of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[9] J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[8] Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in 1962,[7] 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.[6] In independent India's first election in 1951, Smarajit Bandopadhyay of Congress won the Chapra seat.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "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.