Chandannagar Assembly constituency

Chandannagar
Constituency No. 189 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chandannagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Lok Sabha constituency	Hooghly
Established	1957
Total electors	198,602
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Indranil Sen
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Chandannagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 189 Chandanagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and Bhadreswar Municipality. ^[1]

Chandannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
Chandernagore
1957	Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay		Independent politician
1962	Bhabani Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
1967			Communist Party of India
1969
1971
1972
1977
1982
1987	Sandhya Chattopadhyay
1991
1996	Kamal Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
2001
2006	Sibaprasad Bandopadhyay		Communist Party of India
Chandannagar
2011	Ashoke Kumar Shaw		All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Indranil Sen
2021

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chandannagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Indranil Sen	86,778	47.60
	BJP	Dipanjan Guha	55,749	30.70
	CPI(M)	Gautam Sarkar	33,702	18.40
Majority			31,029
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chandannagar constituency ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ashoke Kumar Shaw	96,430	60.76	+9.91#
	CPI(M)	Sibaprasad Banerjee	53,391	33.64	−12.01
	BJP	Satya Bhusan Pathak	5,109	3.22
	Independent	Subodh Ghoshal	3,780	2.38
Turnout			158,710	79.91
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	21.92#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Sibaprosad Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 182 Chandernagore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Mukherjee of Congress defeated Ratan Lal Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 2001 and Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1996. Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kamal Mukherjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Indumati Bhattacharya of Congress in 1982 and Asit Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1977. ^[4]

1957-1972

Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1972, ^[5] 1971, ^[6] 1969 ^[7] and 1967. ^[8] Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI won in 1962. ^[9] Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay, Independent, won in 1957. ^[10]

1951-1962 Bhadreswar

The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 and 1962. Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962. ^[9] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957 ^[10] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[11]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
2. "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandannagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
4. "182 - Chandernagore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
5. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
7. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
8. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
9. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
10. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
11. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.