Chunchura Assembly constituency

Chunchura Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Chunchura
Constituency No. 190 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Chunchura Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencyHooghly
Established1951
Total electors262,555
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block.[1]

Chunchura Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
Chinsurah
1951Jyotish Chandra GhoshAll India Forward Bloc (MG)[2]
Radha Nath DasIndian National Congress[2]
1957Bhupati MajumdarIndian National Congress[3]
1962Sambhu Charan GhoshAll India Forward Bloc[4]
1967Sambhu Charan GhoshAll India Forward Bloc[5]
1969Sambhu Charan GhoshAll India Forward Bloc[6]
1971Bhupati MajumdarIndian National Congress[7]
1972Bhupati MajumdarIndian National Congress[8]
1973 Bye ElectionChandra Kumar DeyIndependent
1977Sambhu Charan GhoshAll India Forward Bloc[9]
1982Sambhu Charan GhoshAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1987Naren DeyAll India Forward Bloc[11]
1991Naren DeyAll India Forward Bloc[12]
1996Naren DeyAll India Forward Bloc[13]
2001Naren DeyAll India Forward Bloc[14]
2006Naren DeyAll India Forward Bloc[15]
Chunchura
2011Asit MazumdarAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Asit MazumdarAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Asit MazumdarAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chunchura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAsit Mazumdar 117,104 46.00
BJPLocket Chatterjee98,68739.00
AIFBPranab Kumar Ghosh28,77711.00
NOTANone of the Above4,3382.00
BSPGoutam Mondal1,3281.00
Majority18,417
Turnout
AITC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Mazumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narendranath Dey of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chunchura constituency[16][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAsit Mazumdar127,20656.90+13.29#
AIFBNaren Dey82,61436.95-15.04
BJPChampa Chakraborty5,7612.58
IndependentSajal Samaddar2,860
BSPSuryya Kanta Ray2,550
IndependentArindam Chakraborty1,533
JDPLakshmiram Soren1,042
Turnout223,56685.15
AITC gain from AIFBSwing28.33#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey Forward Bloc won the Chinsurah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashis Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[15] Robin Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Tapan Dasgupta of Congress in 1996[13] and 1991,[12] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1987.[11] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Rabin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982[10] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

1951-1972

Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc won in 1969,[6] 1967[5] and 1962.[4] Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951[2] Jyotish Chandra Ghosh of Forward Bloc (MG) and Radha Nath Das of Congress won the Chinsurah double seat.

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