Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

For other uses, see Chopra (disambiguation).

This article is about the Vidhan Sabha constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Chopra (community development block).

Chopra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chopra Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Chopra Chopra (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°24′N88°18′E / 26.400°N 88.300°E / 26.400; 88.300 Coordinates: 26°24′N88°18′E / 26.400°N 88.300°E / 26.400; 88.300
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Constituency No	28
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Darjeeling
Electorate (year)	167,193 (2011) [1] 209,966 (2016) [2] 247,764 (2021) [3]

Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 28 Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chopra community development block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur community development block. ^[4]

Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Chopra	Mohd. Afaque Choudhury	Indian National Congress [5]
1962		Mohd. Afaque Choudhury	Indian National Congress [6]
1967		A.Choudhury	Indian National Congress [7]
1969		Abdul Karim Chowdhury	Indian National Congress [8]
1971		Abdul Karim Chowdhury	Indian National Congress [9]
1972		Abdul Karim Chowdhury	Indian National Congress [10]
1977		Mohammad Bacha Munshi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1982		Mohammad Bacha Munshi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1987		Mohammad Mahamuddin	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991		Mahamuddin	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1996		Mahamuddin	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2001		Hamidul Rahman	Independent [16]
2006		Anwarul Haque	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2011		Hamidul Rahman	Independent [18]
2016		Hamidul Rahman	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Hamidul Rahaman	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Md. Shahin Akhtar of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Hamidul Rahman	1,24,923	61.20	Winner
	BJP	Md. Shahin Akhtar	60,018	29.40
	CPI (M)	Anwarul Haque	12,279	6.02
	AMB	Ajoy Kumar Sinha	3,166	1.55
	Independent	Surojit Kisku	2,193	1.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,531	0.75
Turnout			2,04,110

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Hamidul Rahman	74,390	41.81	Winner
	CPI (M)	Anwarul Haque	57,530	32.34
	BJP	Sajen Ram Singha	15,815	8.89
	Independent	Ashok Roy	15,618	8.78
	JDP	Sarkar Murmu	4,214	2.37
	GJM	Naseer Ahmed Khan	3,531	1.98
	Independent	Dr Md Tabibur Rahman	2,681	1.50
	BSP	Ruhidas Uraw	1,456	0.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,655	1.49
Turnout			177,890

2011

In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chopra constituency ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hamidul Rahman	64,289	44.62	-0.78
	CPI (M)	Anwarul Haque	57,719	40.06	-10.90
	AITC	Sekh Jalaluddin	6,944	4.82
	BJP	Ashim Chandra Barman	5,793	4.02
	Independent	Ruhidas Urao	5,377	3.73
	Independent	Safiya Khatun	2,178	1.51
	BSP	Joydeb Biswas	178	0.12
Majority			6,570	4.56
Turnout			1,44,084	86.22
	Independent gain from CPI (M)			{{{swing}}}

Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for him. ^[20] Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win. ^[21]

.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[17] Anwarul Haque of CPI(M) won the Chopra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hamidul Rahaman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001. ^[16] Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996, ^[15] Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991 ^[14] and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987. ^[13] Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982 ^[12] and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977. ^{[11] [22]}

1957-1972

Abdul Karim Chowdhury of NDF/ Congress won in 1972, ^[10] 1971 ^[9] and 1969. ^[8] A. Choudhry of Congress won in 1967. ^[7] Mohd. Afaque Choudhury of Congress won the seat in 1962 ^[6] and 1957. ^[5] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

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