Chopra | |
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Constituency No. 28 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Uttar Dinajpur |
LS constituency | Darjeeling |
Established | 1977 |
Total electors | 247,764 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Chopra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 28 Chopra Assembly constituency covers Chopra community development block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur community development block. [1]
Chopra Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Md. Shahin Akhtar of BJP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Hamidul Rahman | 124,923 | 61.20 | +19.39 | |
BJP | Md. Shahin Akhtar | 60,018 | 29.40 | +20.51 | |
CPI(M) | Anwarul Haque | 12,279 | 6.02 | −26.32 | |
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 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Akramul Haque of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Hamidul Rahman | 74,390 | 41.81 | +36.99 | |
CPI(M) | Akramul Haque | 57,530 | 32.34 | −7.72 | |
BJP | Sajen Ram Singha | 15,815 | 8.89 | +4.87 | |
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 | ||||
AITC gain from Independent | Swing |
In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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. [4] Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win. [5]
.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.
In the 2006 state assembly elections, [6] 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. [7] Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996, [8] Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991 [9] and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987. [10] Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982 [11] and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977. [12] [13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Gopal Lama | 133,276 | 63.45 | +2.25% | |
BJP | Raju Bista | 41,145 | 19.59 | −9.82% | |
INC | Munish Tamang | 25,508 | 12.14 | +6.12% | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,154 | 1.98 | +1.23% | |
Others | 5,982 | 2.85 | +0.23% | ||
Majority | 92,131 | 43.86% | |||
Turnout | 210,065 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
Notes: Postal ballot excluded
In the 2019 Indian general election, Amar Singh Rai of TMC was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Amar Singh Rai | 94,298 | 50.6 | Winner | |
BJP | Raju Bista | 49,521 | 26.6 | ||
INC | Sankar Malakar | 22,769 | 12.2 | ||
CPI(M) | Saman Pathak | 11,403 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 44,777 | 20% | |||
Turnout | 1,77,991 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
In the 2014 Indian general election, Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Bhaichung Bhutia | 49,985 | 31.36 | Winner | |
CPI(M) | Saman Pathak | 48,213 | 30.24 | ||
BJP | S. S. Ahluwalia | 27,220 | 17.08 | ||
INC | Sujay Ghatak | 24,906 | 16.15 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,563 | 0.99 | ||
Independent | Mahendra P Lama | 1,309 | 0.83 | ||
Independent | Arun Kumar Agarwal | 1,092 | 0.69 | ||
Independent | Rabindra Roy Basunia | 915 | 0.58 | ||
SUCI(C) | Goutam Bhattacharya | 843 | 0.53 | ||
BSP | Kakuli Majumdar (Roy) | 757 | 0.48 | ||
RJP | Sunil Pandit | 650 | 0.41 | ||
BMP | Lalit Singha | 323 | 0.21 | ||
Majority | 1,772 | 1.1% | |||
Turnout | 1,57,776 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
In the 2009 Indian general election, Dawa Narbula of Congress was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dawa Narbula | 65,274 | 49.94 | ||
CPI(M) | Jibesh Sarkar | 49,715 | 38.03 | ||
BJP | Jaswant Singh | 9,441 | 7.23 | ||
Independent | Ram Ganesh Baraik | 1,574 | 1.21 | ||
BSP | Haridas Thakur | 1,540 | 1.18 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Abhijit Majumdar | 621 | 0.48 | ||
Independent | Nitu Jai | 669 | 0.52 | ||
Independent | Arun Kumar Agarwal | 656 | 0.51 | ||
AMB | Niranjan Saha | 543 | 0.42 | ||
Majority | 15,559 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,30,063 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
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