| Chapra | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 82 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Chapra Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnanagar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 248,014 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Chapra Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 82 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Chapracommunity development block.[1]
Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 12Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad | |
| 1967 | Jagannath Majumdar | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Salil Behari Hundle | ||
| 1971 | Sahabuddin Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Ghiasuddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Sahabuddin Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Mir Quasem Mondal | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Shamsul Islam Mollah | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Rukbanur Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | 73,866 | 34.65 | −13.14 | |
| Independent | Jeber Sekh | 61,748 | 28.97 | ||
| BJP | Kalyan Kumar Nandi | 58,168 | 27.29 | +19.35 | |
| CPI(M) | Jahangir Biswas (Raju) | 11,722 | 5.50 | −35.11 | |
| ISF | Kanchan Moitra | 3,865 | 1.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,023 | 0.95 | −0.06 | |
| BSP | Rokibul Hossain Molla | 1,070 | 0.50 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Mozammel Hossain Mondal | 713 | 0.33 | ||
| Turnout | 213,175 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
.# Jeber Sekh, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress member.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | 89,556 | 47.79 | +0.65 | |
| CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | 76,093 | 40.61 | −4.93 | |
| BJP | Sutirtha Chakraborty (Chuni) | 14,887 | 7.94 | +3.63 | |
| SS | Samaresh Biswas | 4,081 | 2.18 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,894 | 1.01 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Dhananjay Ganguly | 884 | 0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 187,895 | 85.23 | −2.62 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Rukbanur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rukbanur Rahaman | 77,435 | 47.14 | −9.10# | |
| CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | 74,802 | 45.54 | +2.22 | |
| BJP | Baidyanath Biswas | 7,078 | 4.31 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Bijoy Kumar Saha | 2,765 | |||
| JD(U) | Soumen Mandal | 2,180 | |||
| Turnout | 164,260 | 87.87 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | -11.32# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamsul Islam Mollah ofCPI(M) won the Chapra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Abdur Rashid Mollick ofCongress in 2006[5] and Julfikar Khan ofTrinamool Congress in 2001.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mir Quasem Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Julfikar Khan representing Congress in 1996,[7] and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[8] Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987.[9] Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982[10] and Kazi Safluddin ofJanata Party in 1977.[11][12]
Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972.[13] Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971.[14] Salil Behari Hundle ofBangla Congress won in 1969.[15] J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[16] Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in1962,[17] The Chapra constituency did not exist prior to that.
