Chopra
Constituency No. 28 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chopra Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyDarjeeling
Established1977
Total electors247,764
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Chopra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 28 Chopra Assembly constituency covers Chopra community development block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur community development block.[1]

Chopra Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1977 Bachcha Munsi Communist Party of India
1982
1987 Mohammad Mahamuddin
1991
1996
2001 Hamidul Rahman Independent politician
2006 Anwarul Haque Communist Party of India
2011 Hamidul Rahman Independent politician
2016 Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Md. Shahin Akhtar of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Hamidul Rahman 124,923 61.20 +19.39
BJP Md. Shahin Akhtar 60,018 29.40 +20.51
CPI(M) Anwarul Haque 12,279 6.02 -26.32
AMB Ajoy Kumar Sinha 3,166 1.55
Independent Surojit Kisku 2,193 1.07
NOTA None of the Above 1,531 0.75
Turnout 2,04,110

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Akramul Haque of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Hamidul Rahman 74,390 41.81 +36.99
CPI(M) Akramul Haque 57,530 32.34 -7.72
BJP Sajen Ram Singha 15,815 8.89 +4.87
Independent Ashok Roy 15,618 8.78
JDP Sarkar Murmu 4,214 2.37
GJM Naseer Ahmed Khan 3,531 1.98
Independent Dr Md Tabibur Rahman 2,681 1.50
BSP Ruhidas Uraw 1,456 0.82
NOTA None of the Above 2,655 1.49
Turnout 177,890
AITC gain from Independent Swing {{{swing}}}

2011

In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chopra constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hamidul Rahman 64,289 44.62 -0.78
CPI(M) Anwarul Haque 57,719 40.06 -10.90
AITC Sekh Jalaluddin 6,944 4.82
BJP Ashim Chandra Barman 5,793 4.02
Independent Ruhidas Urao 5,377 3.73
Independent Safiya Khatun 2,178 1.51
BSP Joydeb Biswas 178 0.12
Majority 6,570 4.56
Turnout 1,44,084 86.22
Independent gain from CPI(M) {{{swing}}}

Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for him.[4] Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.[5]

.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[6] Anwarul Haque of CPI(M) won the Chopra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hamidul Rahaman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001.[7] Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996,[8] Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991[9] and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987.[10] Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982[11] and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977.[12][13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chopra. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress 'soldiers'". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 16 April 2011. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Ghosh, Barun (14 May 2011). "Rebels flattened but give pinpricks". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "27 - Chopra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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