Chandannagar Assembly constituency (earlier spelt as Chandernagore) is an
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constituency in
Hooghly district
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The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...
in the
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of
West Bengal
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 189 Chandanagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation or CMC is the local government that governs the city of Chandannagar in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per t ...
and
Bhadreswar Municipality
Bhadreswar Municipality is the civic body that governs Bhadreswar and its surrounding areas in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Bhadreswar Municipality was established in 1869.
Geography
Bhadreswar ...
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Chandannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 28
Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)
Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district. ...
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2011
.# 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)
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won the 182 Chandernagore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress
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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Mukherjee of Congress
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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.
1957-1972
Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1972,[ 1971,][ 1969][ and 1967.][ Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI won in 1962.][ Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay, Independent, won in 1957.][
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1951-1962 Bhadreswar
The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 and 1962. Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962.[ Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957][ and in independent India's first election in 1951.]
References
{{West Bengal elections
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Politics of Hooghly district
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