Chandannagar Assembly constituency
Chandannagar | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Chandannagar Location in West Bengal  Chandannagar Chandannagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°52′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.86667°N 88.38333°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Constituency No. | 189 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 28. Hooghly |
| Electorate (year) | 198,602 (2011) |
Chandannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelt as Chandernagore) 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and Bhadreswar Municipality.[1]
Chandannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Chandernagore | Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay | Independent[2] |
| 1962 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[3] | |
| 1967 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
| 1969 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
| 1971 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1972 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1977 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 1982 | Bhabani Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1987 | Sandhya Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1991 | Sandhya Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1996 | Kamal Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[12] | |
| 2001 | Kamal Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[13] | |
| 2006 | Sibaprasad Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2011 | Chandannagar | Ashoke Kumar Shaw | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
Election results
2011
| 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. Template:Hooghly 2011 election summary
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.[17]
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.[18]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chandannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "182 - Chandernagore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
