Chunchura Assembly constituency

Chunchura Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Chunchura
Constituency No. 190 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chunchura Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
LS constituency	Hooghly
Established	1951
Total electors	262,555
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Asit Mazumdar
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block.^[1]

Chunchura Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
Chinsurah
1951	Jyotish Chandra Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc (MG)[2]
	Radha Nath Das	Indian National Congress[2]
1957	Bhupati Majumdar	Indian National Congress[3]
1962	Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc[4]
1967	Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc[5]
1969	Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc[6]
1971	Bhupati Majumdar	Indian National Congress[7]
1972	Bhupati Majumdar	Indian National Congress[8]
1973 Bye Election	Chandra Kumar Dey	Independent
1977	Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc[9]
1982	Sambhu Charan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc[10]
1987	Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc[11]
1991	Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc[12]
1996	Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc[13]
2001	Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc[14]
2006	Naren Dey	All India Forward Bloc[15]
Chunchura
2011	Asit Mazumdar	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016	Asit Mazumdar	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Asit Mazumdar	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chunchura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asit Mazumdar	117,104	45.97	3.09
	BJP	Locket Chatterjee	98,687	38.74	28.34
	AIFB	Pranab Kumar Ghosh	28,777	11.3	25.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,338	1.7	0.62
	BSP	Goutam Mondal	1,328	0.52	New
Majority			18,417	7.23	5.06
Turnout			2,54,737	81.06	0.89
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Mazumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narendranath Dey of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chunchura constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asit Mazumdar	127,206	56.90	+13.29#
	AIFB	Naren Dey	82,614	36.95	−15.04
	BJP	Champa Chakraborty	5,761	2.58
	Independent	Sajal Samaddar	2,860
	BSP	Suryya Kanta Ray	2,550
	Independent	Arindam Chakraborty	1,533
	JDP	Lakshmiram Soren	1,042
Turnout			223,566	85.15
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	28.33#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey Forward Bloc won the Chinsurah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashis Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2006,^[15] Robin Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,^[14] Tapan Dasgupta of Congress in 1996^[13] and 1991,^[12] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1987.^[11] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Rabin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982^[10] and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1977.^[9][18]

1951-1972

Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1972^[8] and 1971.^[7] Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc won in 1969,^[6] 1967^[5] and 1962.^[4] Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1957.^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951^[2] Jyotish Chandra Ghosh of Forward Bloc (MG) and Radha Nath Das of Congress won the Chinsurah double seat.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chunchura. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
18. "186 - Chinsurah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.