Chunchura Assembly constituency (earlier spelt as Chinsurah) is an

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constituency in

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality is the civic body that governs Hugli-Chuchura and its surrounding areas (Bandel) in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality was established in 1865. I ...

and Bandel,

Debanandapur Debanandapur is a village beside Saraswati Rver and a gram panchayat in the Chinsurah Mogra CD block in the Chinsurah subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. The village has ancient temples like Radha Krishna T ...

, Kodalia I and Kodalia II

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s of

Chinsurah Mogra Chinsurah Mogra is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is part of the Hooghly Flats, one of the ...

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and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of

Polba Dadpur Polba Dadpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Polba Dadpur CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of t ...

community development block. Chunchura 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. ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Mazumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narendranath Dey of AIFB. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the

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, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey

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won the Chinsurah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashis Sen of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

in 2006, Robin Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Tapan Dasgupta of

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in 1996 and 1991, and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1987. Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Rabin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982 and Chandra Kumar Dey of Congress in 1977.

1951-1972

Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sambhu Charan Ghosh of Forward Bloc won in 1969, 1967 and 1962. Bhupati Majumdar of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Jyotish Chandra Ghosh of Forward Bloc (MG) and Radha Nath Das of Congress won the Chinsurah double seat.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Hooghly district