Chapra
Constituency No. 82 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chapra Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1962
Total electors248,014
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Chapra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 82 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chapra community development block.[1]

Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
1962Mohananda HaldarSanjukta Biplabi Parishad [2]
1967Jagannath MajumdarBangla Congress[3]
1969Salil Behari HundleBangla Congress[4]
1971Sahabuddin MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1972Ghiasuddin AhmadIndian National Congress[6]
1977Sahabauddin MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982Sahabauddin MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987Mir QusemCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991Mir Quasem MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996Mir Quasem MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001Shamsul Islam MollahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006Shamsul Islam MollahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011Rukbanur RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016Rukbanur RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2021 Rukbanur Rahaman All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chapra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rukbanur Rahman 73,866 34.65 -13.14
Independent Jeber Sekh 61,748 28.97
BJP Kalyan Kumar Nandi 58,168 27.29 +19.35
CPI(M) Jahangir Biswas (Raju) 11,722 5.50 -35.11
ISF Kanchan Moitra 3,865 1.81
NOTA None of the above 2,023 0.95 -0.06
BSP Rokibul Hossain Molla 1,070 0.50
SUCI(C) Mozammel Hossain Mondal 713 0.33
Turnout 213,175
AITC hold Swing

.# Jeber Sekh, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress member.

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chapra[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rukbanur Rahman 89,556 47.79 +0.65
CPI(M) Shamsul Islam Mollah 76,093 40.61 -4.93
BJP Sutirtha Chakraborty (Chuni) 14,887 7.94 +3.63
SHS Samaresh Biswas 4,081 2.18
NOTA None of the above 1,894 1.01
CPI(ML)L Dhananjay Ganguly 884 0.47
Turnout 187,895 85.23 -2.62
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Rukbanur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chapra constituency[14][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rukbanur Rahaman 77,435 47.14 -9.10#
CPI(M) Shamsul Islam Mollah 74,802 45.54 +2.22
BJP Baidyanath Biswas 7,078 4.31
CPI(ML)L Bijoy Kumar Saha 2,765
Janata Dal (United) Soumen Mandal 2,180
Turnout 164,260 87.87
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing -11.32#

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

1977-2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M) won the Chapra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Abdur Rashid Mollick of Congress in 2006[13] and Julfikar Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mir Quasem Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Julfikar Khan representing Congress in 1996,[11] and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[10] Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987.[9] Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982[8] and Kazi Safluddin of Janata Party in 1977.[7][17]

1962–1972

Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972.[6] Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971.[5] Salil Behari Hundle of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[4] J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[3] Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in 1962,[2] The Chapra constituency did not exist prior to that.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. 1 2 "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  16. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chapra. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  17. ↑ "73 - Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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