Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Chunchura
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chunchura is located in West Bengal
Chunchura
Chunchura
Location in West Bengal
Chunchura is located in India
Chunchura
Chunchura
Chunchura (India)
Coordinates: 22°54′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.90000°N 88.38333°E / 22.90000; 88.38333Coordinates: 22°54′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.90000°N 88.38333°E / 22.90000; 88.38333
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Constituency No.190
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency28. Hooghly
Electorate (year)262,555 (2011)

Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelt as Chinsurah) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block.[1]

Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Chinsurah Jyotish Chandra Ghosh All India Forward Bloc (MG)[2]
Radha Nath Das Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Bhupati Majumdar Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Sambhu Charan Ghosh All India Forward Bloc[4]
1967 Sambhu Charan Ghosh All India Forward Bloc[5]
1969 Sambhu Charan Ghosh All India Forward Bloc[6]
1971 Bhupati Majumdar Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Bhupati Majumdar Indian National Congress[8]
1973 Bye Election Chandra Kumar Dey Independent
1977 Sambhu Charan Ghosh All India Forward Bloc[9]
1982 Sambhu Charan Ghosh All India Forward Bloc[10]
1987 Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc[11]
1991 Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc[12]
1996 Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc[13]
2001 Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc[14]
2006 Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc[15]
2011 Chunchura Asit Mazumdar All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Chunchura Asit Mazumdar All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Chunchura Asit Mazumdar All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Asit Mazumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narendranath Dey of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chunchura constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asit Mazumdar 127,206 56.90 +13.29#
AIFB Naren Dey 82,614 36.95 -15.04
BJP Champa Chakraborty 5,761 2.58
Independent Sajal Samaddar 2,860
BSP Suryya Kanta Ray 2,550
Independent Arindam Chakraborty 1,533
JDP Lakshmiram Soren 1,042
Turnout 223,566 85.15
AITC gain from AIFB Swing 28.33#

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

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey Forward Bloc won the Chinsurah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashis Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[15] Robin Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Tapan Dasgupta of Congress in 1996[13] and 1991,[12] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1987.[11] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Rabin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982[10] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

1951-1972[edit]

Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc won in 1969,[6] 1967[5] and 1962.[4] Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951[2] Jyotish Chandra Ghosh of Forward Bloc (MG) and Radha Nath Das of Congress won the Chinsurah double seat.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, 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, 1962, 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, 1967, 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, 1969, 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, 1971, 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, 1972, 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, 1977, 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, 1982, 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, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, 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, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chunchura. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "186 - Chinsurah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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