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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chapra
| 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/Chapra.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Chapra Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Jeber Sekh
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]]
| constituency_no = 82
| established = 1962
| electors = 248,014
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Chapra Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia 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. 82 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Chapra, Nadia (Community development block)|Chapra]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Mohananda Haldar
|{{Full party name with color|Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|[[Jagannath Majumdar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Salil Behari Hundle
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Sahabuddin Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Ghiasuddin Ahmad
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Sahabuddin Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=7}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Mir Quasem Mondal]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|Shamsul Islam Mollah
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Rukbanur Rahman]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Jeber Sekh
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chapra<ref>https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/ConstituencywiseS2582.htm</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jeber Sekh
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 97,085 {{formatnum:}}
|percentage = 46.06
|change = {{increase}}11.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Saikat Sarkar
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 66,305{{formatnum:}}
|percentage = 31.46
|change = {{increase}}4.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jakir Mondal
|party = Indian Secular Front
|votes = 38,437{{formatnum:}}
|percentage = 18.24
|change = {{increase}}16.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Asif Khan
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,015{{formatnum:}}
|percentage = 0.96
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Shubhankar Rudra
|votes = 1,836
|percentage = 0.87
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 1,550{{formatnum:}}
|percentage = 0.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Mozammel Hossain Mondal
|votes = 1,016
|percentage = 0.48
|change = {{increase}}0.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sudhangshu Sarkar
|votes = 1,039
|percentage = 0.49
|change = {{decrease}}0.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sukla Saha(Mukta)
|party = Janata Unnayan Party
|votes = 840{{formatnum:}}
|percentage = 0.4
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Utpal Ghosh
|votes = 639
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,780{{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 210,762{{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Chapra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rukbanur Rahman
|votes = 73,866
|percentage = 34.65
|change = -13.14
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jeber Sekh
|votes = 61,748
|percentage = 28.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kalyan Kumar Nandi
|votes = 58,168
|percentage = 27.29
|change = +19.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Jahangir Biswas (Raju)
|votes = 11,722
|percentage = 5.50
|change = -35.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Kanchan Moitra
|votes = 3,865
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,023
|percentage = 0.95
|change = -0.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Rokibul Hossain Molla
|votes = 1,070
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Mozammel Hossain Mondal
|votes = 713
|percentage = 0.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 213,175
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Jeber Sekh, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress member.</small>

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Chapra<ref name=election2016>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bangal-general-legislative-election-2016/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2016 |date=16 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rukbanur Rahman
|votes = 89,556
|percentage = 47.79
|change = +0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Shamsul Islam Mollah
|votes = 76,093
|percentage = 40.61
|change = -4.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sutirtha Chakraborty (Chuni)
|votes = 14,887
|percentage = 7.94
|change = +3.63
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate = Samaresh Biswas
|votes = 4,081
|percentage = 2.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,894
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Dhananjay Ganguly
|votes = 884
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes = 187,895
|percentage = 85.23
|change = -2.62
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Rukbanur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Chapra constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=82| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190841/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=82| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Chapra| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rukbanur Rahaman
|votes = 77,435
|percentage = 47.14
|change = -9.10#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Shamsul Islam Mollah
|votes = 74,802
|percentage = 45.54
|change = +2.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Baidyanath Biswas
|votes = 7,078
|percentage = 4.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Bijoy Kumar Saha
|votes = 2,765
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Soumen Mandal
|votes = 2,180
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 164,260
|percentage = 87.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -11.32#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamsul Islam Mollah of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Chapra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Abdur Rashid Mollick of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and Julfikar Khan of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mir Quasem Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Julfikar Khan representing Congress in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and Kazi Safluddin of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp73.htm |title =73 - Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>

===1962–1972===
Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Salil Behari Hundle of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]],<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> The Chapra constituency did not exist prior to that.

==References==
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Nadia district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in West Bengal]]

Chapra West Bengal Assembly constituency - Revision history

GregorioBigge0 at 04:18, 8 May 2026