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Chakdaha Assembly constituency

Chakdaha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Chakdaha
Constituency No. 91 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Lok Sabha constituencyRanaghat
Established1957
Total electors245,514
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Chakdaha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 91 Chakdaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chakdaha municipality, and Chanduria I, Dubra, Ghetugachhi, Rautari, Silinda I, Silinda II, Tatla I and Tatla II gram panchayats of Chakdaha community development block.1

Chakdaha Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).1 It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).2

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1957 Suresh Chandra Banerjee Praja Socialist Party
1962 Santi Das Indian National Congress
1967 Haridas Mitra Bangla Congress
1969 Subal Chandra Mandal
1971 Subhash Chandra Basu Communist Party of India
1972 Haridas Mitra Indian National Congress
1977 Binoy Kumar Biswas Communist Party of India
1982 Subhas Basu
1987
1991 Satya Sadhan Chakraborty
1996
2001
2006 Malay Kumar Samanta
2011 Naresh Chandra Chaki All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Ratna Ghosh Kar
2021 Bankim Chandra Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party
2026

Election Results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chakdaha3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bankim Chandra Ghosh 115,433 54.78 Increase7.92
AITC Subhankar Singha 78,488 37.25 Decrease4.1
CPI(M) Narayan dasgupta 11,086 5.26 Decrease3.14
NOTA None of the above 1,110 0.53 Decrease0.17
Majority 36,945 17.53 Increase12.02
Turnout 210,720 93.79 Increase7.41
BJP hold Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chakdaha4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bankim Chandra Ghosh 99,368 46.86
AITC Subhankar Singha 87,688 41.35
CPI(M) Narayan Dasgupta 17,812 8.4
NOTA None of the above 1,487 0.7
Majority 11,680 5.51
Turnout 212,064 86.38
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Ratna Kar Ghosh of the All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Gupta of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chakdaha constituency56
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ratna Kar Ghosh 94241 49.63%
CPI(M) Biswanath Gupta 70588 37.17%
BJP Pradip Kumar Sarkar 16294 8.58%
NOTA NOTA 2739
SS Sarnab Bose 2579
BSP Dhirendra Majumdar 2077
PDS Ashok Kumar Kundu 1368
Turnout 189886
Majority 23,653
Trinamool Congress hold Swing {{{swing}}}


2011

In the 2011 election, Naresh Chandra Chaki of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Gupta of CPI(M).


2006

In the 20067 state assembly elections Malay Kumar Samanta of CPI (M) won the Chakdaha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Naresh Chandra Chaki of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,8 19969 and 1991,10 Satyasadhan Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rivals Gouri Sankar Dutta, Sukumar Sarkar and Sukumar Roy (all of Congress) in the respective years. In 198711 and 1982,12 Subhas Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sanatanu Bhowmick and Narendra Nath Sarkar (both of Congress) in the respective years. In 1977, Binoy Kumar Biswas, Independent, defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress.1314


1972

Hari Das Mitra of Congress won in 1972.15 Subhash Chandra Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.16 Subal Chandra Mandal of Bangla Congress won in 1969.17 H.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.18 Santi Das of Congress won in 1962.19 Suresh Chandra Banerjee of PSP won in 1957.20 The Chakdaha seat was not there in 1951.


References

References

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  2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
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  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. "82 - Chakdaha Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  15. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  18. "General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  19. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  20. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.