Chanditala Assembly constituency

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

Chanditala
Constituency No. 194 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chanditala Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencySerampore
Established1962
Total electors201,831
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Dankuni Municipality(Before 2010 grampanchayat) & Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala 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
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962ChanditalaKanai Lali DeyIndian National Congress[2]
1967ChanditalaMd. Abdul LatifIndependent[3]
1969ChanditalaMd. Abdul LatifIndependent[4]
1971ChanditalaKaji SafiullaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1972ChanditalaSafiullaIndian National Congress[6]
1977ChanditalaMalin GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982ChanditalaMalin GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987ChanditalaMalin GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991ChanditalaMalin GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996ChanditalaAkbar Ali KhandokerIndian National Congress[11]
2001ChanditalaBhaktaram PanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006ChanditalaBhaktaram PanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011ChanditalaSwati KhandokerAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016 Chanditala Swati Khandoker All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Chanditala Swati Khandoker All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

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 % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chanditala constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing

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

1977-2006

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

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