Chakulia
Constituency No. 31 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyRaiganj
Established2011
Total electors233,378
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Chakulia 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. 31 Chakulia Assembly constituency covers Goalpokhar II community development block and Bazargaon I and Bazargaon II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development block.[1]

Chakulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 5. Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2011 Ali Imran Ramz All India Forward Bloc
2016
2021 Minhajul Arfin Azad Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021 Election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chakulia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Minhajul Arfin Azad 86,311 49.78 +25.73
BJP Sachin Prasad 52,474 30.26 +5.90
AIFB Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 28,704 16.55 -26.10
BSP Goutam Paul 2,725 1.57 -4.22
NOTA None of the above 1,186 0.68 -0.39
Independent Mazhar Imam 1,046 0.60
JD(U) Kamkshya Sarkar 954 0.55
Turnout 173,400
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Ashim Kumar Mridha of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chakulia constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 64,185 42.65 -9.48
BJP Ashim Kumar Mridha 36,656 24.36 +21.12
AITC Alema Noorie 36,198 24.05
BSP Goutam Chandra Paul 8,719 5.79 +1.57
SP Mir Masud Alam 1,839 1.22
NOTA None of the above 1,613 1.07 +1.07
Independent Rafikul Alam 1,290 0.86
Turnout 1,50,500 75.22 +0.25
AIFB hold Swing

Note- Indian National Congress supported the All India Forward Bloc candidate Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 election, Ali Imran Ramz of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chakulia constituency[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 65,265 52.13
INC Serajul Islam 44,852 35.82
BSP Goutam Chandra Paul 5,287 4.22
BJP Kalipada Ghosh 4,052 3.24
JDP Durga Hemram 3,081
Independent Raj Kumar Jain 2,661
Turnout 125,198 74.97
AIFB win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chakulia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chakulia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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