Chanchal
Constituency No. 45 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
LS constituencyMaldaha Uttar
Established2011
Total electors249,402
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Chanchal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal Assembly constituency covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block.[1]

Chanchal Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
2011 Asif Mehbub Indian National Congress[2]

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba Assembly constituency

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chanchal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nihar Ranjan Ghosh 115,966 58.00
BJP Dipankar Ram 48,628 24.00
INC Asif Mehboob 31,346 16.00
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) ~3,800 2.00
Majority 67,338
Turnout
AITC gain from INC Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chanchal constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Asif Mehbub 68,586 48.69
CPI(M) Anjuman Ara Begam 54,399 38.62
BJP Sital Prasad Chakraborty 11,002 7.81
Independent Jayanta Kumar Sinha 2,867
Independent Abdul Khaleque 2,405
BSP Dally Choudhury Roy 1,593
Turnout 140,852 82.33

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chanchal. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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