Chandipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Chandipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake village, see Chandipur, Purba Medinipur. For 2. its namesake community development block, see Chandipur (community development block). For disambiguation, see Chandipur.
Chandipur
Constituency No. 211 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chandipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS ConstituencyKanthi
Established2011
Total electors219,591
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 211 Chandipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandipur community development block, and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block.[1]

Chandipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Chandipur Amiyakanti Bhattacharjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Amiyakanti Bhattacharjee All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Soham Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021
West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, 2021: Chandipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Soham Chakraborty 1,09,770
BJP Pulak Kanti Guria 96,298
CPI(M) Ashis Kumar Guchhait 9,837
Turnout 2,19,591
TMC hold Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chandipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu) 95,982 48.52 -2.28
CPI(M) Mangal Chand Pradhan 86,328 43.64 -0.40
BJP Pijush Das 10,160 5.14 +2.17
BSP Biswanath Ghorai 1,274 0.64
Turnout 197,801 88.51
TMC hold Swing

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chandipur [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu) 88,010 50.80
CPI(M) Bidyut Guchait 76,301 44.04
BJP Chanchal Maiti 5,149 2.97
Independent Siraj Khan 3,780
Turnout 173,240 91.84

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. "Chandipur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Chandipur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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