Chanchal Assembly constituency

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Chanchal
Constituency No. 45 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Chanchal Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Malda
Lok Sabha constituency Maldaha Uttar
Established2011
Total electors249,402
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Chanchal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As 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

YearNameParty
2011 Asif Mehbub Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Nihar Ranjan Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba Assembly constituency

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanchal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Nihar Ranjan Ghosh 115,966 58.00
BJP Dipankar Ram48,62824.00
INC Asif Mehbub 31,34616.00
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)~3,8002.00
Majority 67,338
Turnout
AITC gain from INC Swing

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 [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Asif Mehbub 68,58648.69
CPI(M) Anjuman Ara Begam54,39938.62
BJP Sital Prasad Chakraborty11,0027.81
IndependentJayanta Kumar Sinha2,867
IndependentAbdul Khaleque2,405
BSP Dally Choudhury Roy1,593
Turnout 140,85282.33

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chanchal. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.