Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chanditala
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chanditala Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Chanditala Chanditala (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°41′00″N88°16′00″E / 22.68333°N 88.26667°E / 22.68333; 88.26667 Coordinates: 22°41′00″N88°16′00″E / 22.68333°N 88.26667°E / 22.68333; 88.26667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Constituency No.	194
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year)	201,831 (2011)
Government
•  MLA	Swati Khandekar
• Party	All India Trinamool Congress

Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Dankuni, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala and Naiti gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block. ^[1]

Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Chanditala	Kanai Lali Dey	Indian National Congress [2]
1967	Chanditala	Md. Abdul Latif	Independent [3]
1969	Chanditala	Md. Abdul Latif	Independent [4]
1971	Chanditala	Kaji Safiulla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1972	Chanditala	Safiulla	Indian National Congress [6]
1977	Chanditala	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1982	Chanditala	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1987	Chanditala	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1991	Chanditala	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1996	Chanditala	Akbar Ali Khandoker	Indian National Congress [11]
2001	Chanditala	Bhaktaram Pan	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2006	Chanditala	Bhaktaram Pan	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2011	Chanditala	Swati Khandoker	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2016	Chanditala	Swati Khandoker	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Chanditala	Swati Khandoker	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, AITC candidate Swati Khandoker defeated her nearest rival Yash Dasgupta of BJP by 41,347 votes

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chanditala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swati Khandoker	103,118	49.79	-2.67
	BJP	Debashish Dasgupta	61,771	29.83	+26.54
	CPI (M)	Mohammed Salim	37,161	17.94	-24.24
	NOTA	None of the above	2,156	1.04
	Independent	Abdul Rahim Mollick	1,886	0.91
	Independent	Onkar Majumder	1,014	0.49
Turnout			207,106
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chanditala constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swati Khandekar	91,874	48.28
	CPI (M)	Md. Sk. Azim Ali	77,698	40.83
	BJP	Sudipta Chatterjee	12,843	6.75
	NOTA	None of the above	3,305	1.74
	SHS	Raghuwansh Dwivedy	1,970	1.04
	Indian Unity Centre	Moidul Islam Laskar	1,426	0.75
	SUCI(C)	Dinabandhu Dutta	1,184	0.62
Turnout			190,300	79.17
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktaram Pan of CPI(M) won the Chanditala assembly seat defeating Swati Khandoker of Trinamool Congress in 2006 ^[13] and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001. ^[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress defeated Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[11] Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991, ^[10] Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987, ^[9] Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982 ^[8] and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977. ^{[7] [15]}

1962-1972

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972. ^[6] Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[5] Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969 ^[4] and 1967. ^[3] Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in 1962. ^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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11. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
12. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
13. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
14. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
15. "178 - Chanditala Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.