Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Chanchal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chanchal
Location in West Bengal
Chanchal
Chanchal (India)
Coordinates: 25°23′N 87°59′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
Constituency No.45
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency7. Maldaha Uttar
Electorate (year)171,079 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block.[1]

Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011ChanchalAsif MehbubIndian National Congress[2]

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chanchal constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Asif Mehbub 68,586 48.69
CPI (M) Anjuman Ara Begam 54,399 38.62
BJP Sital Prasad Chakraborty 11,002 7.81
Independent Jayanta Kumar Sinha 2,867
Independent Abdul Khaleque 2,405
BSP Dally Choudhury Roy 1,593
Turnout 140,852 82.33
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Malda district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 8 4
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 5
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 1
Forward bloc 1 0

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)

References

  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chanchal. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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