Chanditala Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dankuni Municipality(Before 2010 grampanchayat) & Bhogabatipur,

Gangadharpur Gangadharpur is a census town in the Chanditala I CD block located in the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangadharpur is located at . It has an elevation of 14 m ...

, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of

Chanditala I Chanditala I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chanditala I CD block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of t ...

community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala and Naiti gram panchayats of

Chanditala II Chanditala II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chanditala II CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of ...

community development block. Chanditala Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, AITC candidate Swati Khandoker defeated her nearest rival

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of BJP by 41,347 votes

2016

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

1977-2006

In the

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and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktaram Pan of

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won the Chanditala assembly seat defeating Swati Khandoker of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

in 2006 and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Akbar Ali Khandakar of

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defeated Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1996. Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991, Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987, Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982 and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977.

1962-1972

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972. Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971. Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969 and 1967. Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in

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References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Hooghly district Constituencies established in 1962 1962 establishments in West Bengal