Chanchal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Chanchal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 45 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Chanchal Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| LS constituency | Maldaha Uttar |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 249,402 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal Assembly constituency covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block.[1]
Chanchal Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Asif Mehbub | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 2016 | Asif Mehbub | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress |
For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba Assembly constituency
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh | 115,966 | 58.00 | ||
| BJP | Dipankar Ram | 48,628 | 24.00 | ||
| INC | Asif Mehboob | 31,346 | 16.00 | ||
| Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) | ~3,800 | 2.00 | |||
| Majority | 67,338 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
editIn the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Asif Mehbub | 68,586 | 48.69 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anjuman Ara Begam | 54,399 | 38.62 | ||
| BJP | Sital Prasad Chakraborty | 11,002 | 7.81 | ||
| Independent | Jayanta Kumar Sinha | 2,867 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Khaleque | 2,405 | |||
| BSP | Dally Choudhury Roy | 1,593 | |||
| Turnout | 140,852 | 82.33 | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chanchal. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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