Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chanchal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chanchal Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Chanchal Chanchal (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°23′N87°59′E / 25.383°N 87.983°E / 25.383; 87.983 Coordinates: 25°23′N87°59′E / 25.383°N 87.983°E / 25.383; 87.983
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Constituency No.	45
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	7. Maldaha Uttar
Electorate (year)	171,300 (2011) [1] 217,595 (2016) [2] 249,402 (2021) [3]

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block. ^[4]

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Chanchal	Asif Mehbub	Indian National Congress [5]

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chanchal constituency ^{[5] [6]}

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

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 12 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chanchal. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.