Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake village, see Chandipur, Purba Medinipur. For 2. its namesake community development block, see Chandipur (community development block). For disambiguation, see Chandipur.

Chandipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chandipur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Chandipur Chandipur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°07′30″N87°51′37″E / 22.12500°N 87.86028°E / 22.12500; 87.86028 Coordinates: 22°07′30″N87°51′37″E / 22.12500°N 87.86028°E / 22.12500; 87.86028
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Constituency No.	211
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanthi
Electorate (year)	2,19,591 (2021)
Government
• Incumbent MLA	Soham Chakraborty
• Political Party	AITC

Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 211 Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chandipur community development block, and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block. ^[1]

Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, 2021: Chandipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Soham Chakraborty	1,09,770
	BJP	Pulak Kanti Guria	96,298
	CPI (M)	Ashis Kumar Guchhait	9,837
Turnout			2,19,591
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chandipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu)	95,982	48.52	-2.28
	CPI (M)	Mangal Chand Pradhan	86,328	43.64	-0.40
	BJP	Pijush Das	10,160	5.14	+2.17
	BSP	Biswanath Ghorai	1,274	0.64
Turnout			197,801	88.51
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chandipur ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu)	88,010	50.80
	CPI (M)	Bidyut Guchait	76,301	44.04
	BJP	Chanchal Maiti	5,149	2.97
	Independent	Siraj Khan	3,780
Turnout			173,240	91.84

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
2. "Chandipur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Chandipur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.