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
LS constituency	Serampore
Established	1962
Total electors	201,831
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swati Khandoker
Party	All India 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(Before 2010 grampanchayat) & Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala 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

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1962	Kanai Lali Dey	Indian National Congress [2]
1967	Md. Abdul Latif	Independent [3]
1969	Md. Abdul Latif	Independent [4]
1971	Kaji Safiulla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1972	Safiulla	Indian National Congress [6]
1977	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1982	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1987	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1991	Malin Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1996	Akbar Ali Khandoker	Indian National Congress [11]
2001	Bhaktaram Pan	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2006	Bhaktaram Pan	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2011	Swati Khandoker	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2016	Swati Khandoker	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	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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10. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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.