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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1. its namesake village|Chandipur, Purba Medinipur|2. its namesake community development block|Chandipur (community development block)|disambiguation|Chandipur (disambiguation){{!}}Chandipur}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chandipur
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Chandipur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Chandipur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Soham Chakraborty]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
| constituency_no = 211
| established = 2011
| electors = 2,45,775
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Chandipur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 211 Chandipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Chandipur (community development block)|Chandipur]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Bhagabanpur I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 6 August 2015| work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Chandipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan=2|Party Affiliation
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Soham Chakraborty]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| Pijush Kanti Das
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chandipur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pijush Kanti Das
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:126047}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Uttam Barik]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:105777}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rita Das
|party = CPI(M)
|votes = {{formatnum:6568}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ahmed Sk. Taslim
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:1207}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ayub Khan
|party = Jatiya Unnayan Party (AIMA)
|votes = {{formatnum:675}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = {{formatnum:617}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:239394}}
|percentage = 93.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, 2021]]: Chandipur }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Soham Chakraborty]]
|votes = 1,09,770
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pulak Kanti Guria
|votes = 96,298
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ashis Kumar Guchhait
|votes = 9,837
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,19,591
|percentage = 83%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
|loser =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Chandipur }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee]]|votes=95,982|percentage=48.52|change=-2.28}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Mangal Chand Pradhan|votes=86,328|percentage=43.64|change=-0.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Pijush Das|votes=10,160|percentage=5.14|change=+2.17}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Biswanath Ghorai|votes=1,274|percentage=0.64|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=197,801|percentage=88.51|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
|loser =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chandipur<ref name=election2011>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2011 |date=16 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=211| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519164946/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=211| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Chandipur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Chandipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee]]
|votes = 88,010
|percentage = 50.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Bidyut Guchait|votes=76,301|percentage=44.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chanchal Maiti|votes=5,149|percentage=2.97|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Siraj Khan
|votes = 3,780
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=173,240|percentage=91.84|change=}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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{{Purba Medinipur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2011]]

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Ansuma Basumatary at 07:24, 6 May 2026