Chopra Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Chopra (disambiguation).

This article is about the Assembly 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
Constituency No. 28 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chopra Assembly Constituency
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 Hamidul Rahman
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.

Overview

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Bachcha Munsi		Communist Party of India
1982
1987	Mohammad Mahamuddin
1991
1996
2001	Hamidul Rahman		Independent politician
2006	Anwarul Haque		Communist Party of India
2011	Hamidul Rahman		Independent politician
2016			Trinamool Congress
2021

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	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

2016

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

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2011

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chopra constituency ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[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.

1977-2006

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.

Lok Sabha Election Results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2019

In the 2019 Indian general election, Amar Singh Rai of TMC was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2019 Indian General election: Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2014

In the 2014 Indian general election, Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2014 Indian general election  : Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2009

In the 2009 Indian general election, Dawa Narbula of Congress was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2009 Indian general election: Chopra constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

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