Chandannagar
Constituency No. 189 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chandannagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencyHooghly
Established1957
Total electors198,602
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Indranil Sen
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 189 Chandanagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and Bhadreswar Municipality.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
Chandernagore
1957Hirendra Kumar ChattopadhyayIndependent[2]
1962Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India[3]
1967Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1977Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Sandhya ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991Sandhya ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996Kamal MukherjeeIndian National Congress[12]
2001Kamal MukherjeeIndian National Congress[13]
2006Sibaprasad BandopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Chandannagar
2011Ashoke Kumar ShawAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Indranil SenAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2021 Indranil Sen All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chandannagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Indranil Sen 86,778 47.60
BJP Deepanjan Kumar Guha 55,749 30.70
CPI(M) Gautam Sarkar 33,702 18.40
Majority 31,029
Turnout
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chandannagar constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashoke Kumar Shaw 96,430 60.76 +9.91#
CPI(M) Sibaprasad Banerjee 53,391 33.64 -12.01
BJP Satya Bhusan Pathak 5,109 3.22
Independent Subodh Ghoshal 3,780 2.38
Turnout 158,710 79.91
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 21.92#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Sibaprosad Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 182 Chandernagore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Mukherjee of Congress defeated Ratan Lal Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 2001 and Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1996. Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kamal Mukherjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Indumati Bhattacharya of Congress in 1982 and Asit Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1977.[18]

1957-1972

Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1972,[7] 1971,[6] 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI won in 1962.[3] Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay, Independent, won in 1957.[2]

1951-1962 Bhadreswar

The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 and 1962. Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962.[3] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957[2] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "182 - Chandernagore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  19. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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