Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It came into existence in 2011, as per orders of the Delimitation Commission.

Chakulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chakulia
Location in West Bengal
Chakulia
Chakulia (India)
Coordinates: 26°01′17″N 87°57′09″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
Constituency No31
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency5. Raiganj
Electorate (year)167,001 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 31 Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Goalpokhar II community development block and Bazargaon I and Bazargaon II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development block.[1]

Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5. Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011ChakuliaAli Imran RamzAll India Forward Bloc[2]
2016ChakuliaAli Imran RamzAll India Forward Bloc[2]

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Ashim Kumar Mridha of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chakulia constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Forward Bloc Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 64,185 42.65 -9.48
BJP Ashim Kumar Mridha 36,656 24.36 +21.12
AITC Alema Noorie 36,198 24.05 +24.05
BSP Goutam Chandra Paul 8,719 5.79 +1.57
SP Mir Masud Alam 1,839 1.22
NOTA None of the above 1,613 1.07 +1.07
Independent Rafikul Alam 1,290 0.86
Turnout 1,50,500 75.22 +0.25
Forward Bloc hold Swing

Note- Indian National Congress supported the All India Forward Bloc candidate Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 election, Ali Imran Ramz of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chakulia constituency[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Forward Bloc Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 65,265 52.13
INC Serajul Islam 44,852 35.82
BSP Goutam Chandra Paul 5,287 4.22
BJP Kalipada Ghosh 4,052 3.24
JDP Durga Hemram 3,081
Independent Raj Kumar Jain 2,661
Turnout 125,198 74.97
Forward Bloc win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar Dinajpur district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 3 2
Trinamool Congress 2 2
Independent/ Rebel Congress 1 1
Forward Bloc 2 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 2
Communist Party of India 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 2 (See template talk page for details)

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 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". Chakulia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chakulia. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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