| Chakulia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 31 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Interactive Map Outlining Chakulia Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 216,163 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Chakulia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 31 Chakulia Assembly constituency covers Goalpokhar II community development block (CBD) and Bazargaon I and Bazargaon II gram panchayats of Karandighi CBD.1
Chakulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 5. Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).1
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ali Imran Ramz | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Azad Minhajul Arfin | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Azad Minhajul Arfin | 90,277 | 45.34 |  4.44
| |
| BJP | Manoj Kumar Jain | 62,266 | 31.27 |  1.01
| |
| INC | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | 40,346 | 20.26 | 15.56
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,724 | 0.87 | 0.19
| |
| Majority | 28,011 | 14.07 | 5.45
| ||
| Turnout | 199,125 | 92.12 | 17.82
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 4.44 | |||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Azad Minhajul Arfin | 86,311 | 49.78 | ||
| BJP | Sachin Prasad | 52,474 | 30.26 | ||
| AIFB | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | 28,704 | 16.55 | ||
| BSP | Goutam Paul | 2,725 | 1.57 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,186 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 33,837 | 19.52 | |||
| Turnout | 173,400 | 74.3 | |||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | ||||
2016
In the 2016 election, Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Ashim Kumar Mridha of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | 64,185 | 42.65 | −9.48 | |
| BJP | Ashim Kumar Mridha | 36,656 | 24.36 | +21.12 | |
| AITC | Alema Noorie | 36,198 | 24.05 | ||
| BSP | Goutam Chandra Paul | 8,719 | 5.79 | +1.57 | |
| SP | Mir Masud Alam | 1,839 | 1.22 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,613 | 1.07 | +1.07 | |
| Independent | Rafikul Alam | 1,290 | 0.86 | ||
| Turnout | 1,50,500 | 75.22 | +0.25 | ||
| AIFB hold | Swing | ||||
Note- Indian National Congress supported the All India Forward Bloc candidate Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) in 2016.
2011
In the 2011 election, Ali Imran Ramz of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | 65,265 | 52.13 | ||
| INC | Serajul Islam | 44,852 | 35.82 | ||
| BSP | Goutam Chandra Paul | 5,287 | 4.22 | ||
| BJP | Kalipada Ghosh | 4,052 | 3.24 | ||
| JDP | Durga Hemram | 3,081 | |||
| Independent | Raj Kumar Jain | 2,661 | |||
| Turnout | 125,198 | 74.97 | |||
| AIFB win (new seat) | |||||
References
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chakulia. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.