Chakulia Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Chakulia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| 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 | 233,378 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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 | Minhajul Arfin Azad | Trinamool Congress | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Minhajul Arfin Azad | ||||
| BJP | Manoj Kumar Jain | ||||
| AIFB | Amjad Ali | ||||
| INC | Ali Imran Ramz | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Minhajul Arfin Azad | 86,311 | 49.78 | +25.73 | |
| BJP | Sachin Prasad | 52,474 | 30.26 | +5.90 | |
| AIFB | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | 28,704 | 16.55 | −26.10 | |
| BSP | Goutam Paul | 2,725 | 1.57 | −4.22 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,186 | 0.68 | −0.39 | |
| Independent | Mazhar Imam | 1,046 | 0.60 | ||
| JD(U) | Kamkshya Sarkar | 954 | 0.55 | ||
| Turnout | 173,400 | ||||
| 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) | |||||