Chandannagar Assembly constituency
| Chandannagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 189 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Interactive Map Outlining Chandannagar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 198,602 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Chandannagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 189 Chandanagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandannagar Municipal Corporation and Bhadreswar Municipality.[1]
Chandannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandernagore | |||
| 1957 | Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay | Independent politician | |
| 1962 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Sandhya Chattopadhyay | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Kamal Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Sibaprasad Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Chandannagar | |||
| 2011 | Ashoke Kumar Shaw | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Indranil Sen | ||
| 2021 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Indranil Sen | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | Manish Pandey | ||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Indranil Sen | 86,778 | 47.63 | 2.80 | |
| BJP | Dipanjan Guha | 55,749 | 30.60 | 22.77 | |
| CPI(M) | Gautam Sarkar | 33,702 | 18.50 | 25.08 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,023 | 1.66 | 0.62 | |
| Independent | Ratan Kumar Chatterjee | 1,184 | 0.65 | ||
| Independent | Uday Veer Choudhury | 538 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Dey | 532 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Tandra Bhattacharjee | 365 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Praloy Mukherjee | 307 | 0.17 | ||
| Majority | 31,029 | 17.03 | 15.78 | ||
| Turnout | 1,82,178 | 79.36 | 0.45 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Indranil Sen | 75,727 | 44.83 | 15.93 | |
| CPI(M) | Gautam Sarkar | 73,613 | 43.58 | 9.94 | |
| BJP | Tandra Bhattacharjee | 13,233 | 7.83 | 4.61 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,853 | 2.28 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Sarkar | 1,477 | 0.87 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Milan Rakshit | 1,002 | 0.59 | ||
| Majority | 2,114 | 1.25 | 25.87 | ||
| Turnout | 1,68,905 | 78.91 | 0.29 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ashok Kumar Shaw | 96,430 | 60.76 | ||
| CPI(M) | Siba Prosad Bandyopadhyay | 53,391 | 33.64 | ||
| BJP | Satya Bhushan Pathak | 5,109 | 3.22 | ||
| Independent | Subodh Ghoshal | 3,780 | 2.38 | ||
| Majority | 43,039 | 27.12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,710 | 79.20 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Sibaprosad Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 182 Chandernagore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Mukherjee of Congress defeated Ratan Lal Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 2001 and Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1996. Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kamal Mukherjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Indumati Bhattacharya of Congress in 1982 and Asit Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1977.[4]
1957-1972
Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1972,[5] 1971,[6] 1969[7] and 1967.[8] Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI won in 1962.[9] Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay, Independent, won in 1957.[10]
1951-1962
The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 and 1962. Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962.[9] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957[10] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandannagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "182 - Chandernagore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.