Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chunchura
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chunchura Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Chunchura Chunchura (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°54′00″N88°23′00″E / 22.90000°N 88.38333°E / 22.90000; 88.38333 Coordinates: 22°54′00″N88°23′00″E / 22.90000°N 88.38333°E / 22.90000; 88.38333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Constituency No.	190
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	28. Hooghly
Electorate (year)	262,555 (2011)

Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelt as Chinsurah) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block. ^[1]

Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Chinsurah	Jyotish Chandra Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc (MG) [2]
		Radha Nath Das	Indian National Congress [2]
1957		Bhupati Majumdar	Indian National Congress [3]
1962		Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [4]
1967		Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [5]
1969		Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [6]
1971		Bhupati Majumdar	Indian National Congress [7]
1972		Bhupati Majumdar	Indian National Congress [8]
1973 Bye Election		Chandra Kumar Dey	Independent
1977		Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [9]
1982		Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [10]
1987		Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc [11]
1991		Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc [12]
1996		Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc [13]
2001		Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc [14]
2006		Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc [15]
2011	Chunchura	Asit Mazumdar	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016	Chunchura	Asit Mazumdar	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Chunchura	Asit Mazumdar	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Mazumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narendranath Dey of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chunchura constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asit Mazumdar	127,206	56.90	+13.29#
	AIFB	Naren Dey	82,614	36.95	-15.04
	BJP	Champa Chakraborty	5,761	2.58
	Independent	Sajal Samaddar	2,860
	BSP	Suryya Kanta Ray	2,550
	Independent	Arindam Chakraborty	1,533
	JDP	Lakshmiram Soren	1,042
Turnout			223,566	85.15
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	28.33#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey Forward Bloc won the Chinsurah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashis Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2006, ^[15] Robin Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[14] Tapan Dasgupta of Congress in 1996 ^[13] and 1991, ^[12] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1987. ^[11] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Rabin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982 ^[10] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1951-1972

Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1972 ^[8] and 1971. ^[7] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc won in 1969, ^[6] 1967 ^[5] and 1962. ^[4] Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1957. ^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 ^[2] Jyotish Chandra Ghosh of Forward Bloc (MG) and Radha Nath Das of Congress won the Chinsurah double seat.

References

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