Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chakulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chakulia Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Chakulia Chakulia (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°01′17″N87°57′09″E / 26.02139°N 87.95250°E / 26.02139; 87.95250 Coordinates: 26°01′17″N87°57′09″E / 26.02139°N 87.95250°E / 26.02139; 87.95250
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Constituency No	31
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	5. Raiganj
Electorate (year)	167,013 (2011) [1] 200,084 (2016) [2] 233,378 (2021) [3]

Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It came into existence in 2011, as per orders of the Delimitation Commission.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 31 Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Goalpokhar II community development block and Bazargaon I and Bazargaon II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development block. ^[4]

Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5. Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2021	Chakulia	azad afrin minhazul	All India Trinamool Congress [5]
2016	Chakulia	Ali Imran Ramz	All India Forward Bloc [5]

Election results

2021 Election

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chakulia constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Minhajul Arfin Azad	86,311	49.78	+25.73
	BJP	Sachin Prasad	52,474	30.26	+5.90
	AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	28,704	16.55	-26.10
	BSP	Goutam Paul	2,725	1.57	-4.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,186	0.68	-0.39
	Independent	Mazhar Imam	1,046	0.60
	JD(U)	Kamkshya Sarkar	954	0.55
Turnout			173,400
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Ashim Kumar Mridha of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chakulia constituency ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	64,185	42.65	-9.48
	BJP	Ashim Kumar Mridha	36,656	24.36	+21.12
	AITC	Alema Noorie	36,198	24.05
	BSP	Goutam Chandra Paul	8,719	5.79	+1.57
	SP	Mir Masud Alam	1,839	1.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,613	1.07	+1.07
	Independent	Rafikul Alam	1,290	0.86
Turnout			1,50,500	75.22	+0.25
	AIFB hold		Swing

Note- Indian National Congress supported the All India Forward Bloc candidate Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 election, Ali Imran Ramz of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chakulia constituency ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	65,265	52.13
	INC	Serajul Islam	44,852	35.82
	BSP	Goutam Chandra Paul	5,287	4.22
	BJP	Kalipada Ghosh	4,052	3.24
	JDP	Durga Hemram	3,081
	Independent	Raj Kumar Jain	2,661
Turnout			125,198	74.97
	AIFB win (new seat)

References

1. "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
3. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
4. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chakulia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chakulia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.