Chakdaha Assembly constituency
State-level election constituency in West Bengal, India
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Chakdaha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Chakdaha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 91 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Chakdaha Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 245,514 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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 | |
Election Results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subhankar Singha (Jishu) | ||||
| BJP | Bankim Ghosh | ||||
| LF | Narayan dasgupta | ||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | 99,368 | 46.86 | ||
| AITC | Subhankar Singha (Jishu) | 87,688 | 41.35 | ||
| CPI(M) | Narayan Dasgupta | 17812 | 8.4% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| 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).
| 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 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
2011
2006
2011
In the 2011 election, Naresh Chandra Chaki of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Gupta of CPI(M).
1977-2006
In the 2006[6] 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,[7] 1996[8] and 1991,[9] 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 1987[10] and 1982,[11] 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.[12][13]
1957-1972
Hari Das Mitra of Congress won in 1972.[14] Subhash Chandra Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[15] Subal Chandra Mandal of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[16] H.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[17] Santi Das of Congress won in 1962.[18] Suresh Chandra Banerjee of PSP won in 1957.[19] The Chakdaha seat was not there in 1951.