Chanditala Assembly constituency

Chanditala
Constituency No. 194 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chanditala Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Lok Sabha constituency	Sreerampur
Established	1962
Total electors	201,831
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swati Khandoker
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Chanditala Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dankuni Municipality & Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Garalgacha, Janai, and Naiti gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block. ^[1]

Chanditala Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1962	Kanai Lali Dey		Indian National Congress
1967	Mohammad Abdul Latif		Independent politician
1969
1971	Kaji Safiulla		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972	Safiulla		Indian National Congress
1977	Malin Ghosh		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996	Akbar Ali Khandoker		Indian National Congress
2001	Bhaktaram Pan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006
2011	Swati Khandoker		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swati Khandoker	103,118	49.79	1.51
	BJP	Yash Dasgupta	61,771	29.83	23.08
	CPI(M)	Mohammed Salim	37,161	17.94	22.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,156	1.04	0.70
	Independent	Abdul Rahim Mollick	1,886	0.91
	Independent	Onkar Majumder	1,014	0.49
Majority			41,347	19.96	12.51
Turnout			2,07,106	78.67	0.50
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swati Khandoker	91,874	48.28	4.18
	CPI(M)	Azim Ali Mohammad Sheikh	77,698	40.83	1.35
	BJP	Sudipta Chattopadhyay	12,843	6.75	3.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,305	1.74
	SS	Raghuwansh Dwivedy	1,970	1.04
	IUC	Moidul Islam Laskar	1,426	0.75
	SUCI	Dinabandhu Dutta	1,184	0.62
Majority			14,176	7.45	2.83
Turnout			1,90,300	79.17	2.35
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanditala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swati Khandoker	86,394	52.46
	CPI(M)	Azim Ali Mohammad Sheikh	69,474	42.18
	BJP	Sudipta Chattopadhyay	5,413	3.29
	PDCI	Swagata Ghosh	3,419	2.08
Majority			16,920	10.28
Turnout			1,64,700	81.52
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

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 ^[2] and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001. ^[3] 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. ^[4] Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991, ^[5] Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987, ^[6] Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982 ^[7] and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977. ^{[8] [9]}

1962-1972

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972. ^[10] Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[11] Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969 ^[12] and 1967. ^[13] Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in 1962. ^[14]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
2. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
4. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
6. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
7. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
9. "178 - Chanditala Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
10. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
11. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
12. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
13. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
14. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.