Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency

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Chapra
Constituency No. 82 for the
All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Chapra Assembly constituency is an

state of West Bengal
.

Overview

As per orders of the

community development block.[1]

Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 12

Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
1962 Mohananda Haldar Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad[2]
1967 Jagannath Majumdar Bangla Congress[3]
1969 Salil Behari Hundle Bangla Congress[4]
1971 Sahabuddin Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1972 Ghiasuddin Ahmad Indian National Congress[6]
1977 Sahabauddin Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982 Sahabauddin Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987 Mir Quasem Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001 Shamsul Islam Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006 Shamsul Islam Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011 Rukbanur Rahaman
All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016 Rukbanur Rahaman
All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2021 Rukbanur Rahaman All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chapra
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
JD(U) 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

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.

1962,[2]
The Chapra constituency did not exist prior to that.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b "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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