Chandipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Chandipur
Chandipur
Constituency No. 211 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Chandipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
LS constituency	Kanthi
Established	2011
Total electors	2,45,775
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Soham Chakraborty
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Chandipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 211 Chandipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandipur community development block, and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block.^[1]

Chandipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
2011	Amiyakanti Bhattacharjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Amiyakanti Bhattacharjee
2021	Soham Chakraborty

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chandipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu)	95,982	48.52	-2.28
	CPI(M)	Mangal Chand Pradhan	86,328	43.64	-0.40
	BJP	Pijush Das	10,160	5.14	+2.17
	BSP	Biswanath Ghorai	1,274	0.64
Turnout			197,801	88.51
	AITC hold		Swing

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chandipur^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu)	88,010	50.80
	CPI(M)	Bidyut Guchait	76,301	44.04
	BJP	Chanchal Maiti	5,149	2.97
	Independent	Siraj Khan	3,780
Turnout			173,240	91.84