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{{About|the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake census town|Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|2 its namesake community development block|Chopra (community development block)}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chopra
| 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/Chopra.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Chopra Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
| party =[[File:All India Trinamool Congress logo.svg|20px]] [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| constituency_no = 28
| established = 1977
| electors = 247,764
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Chopra Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur 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. 28 Chopra Assembly constituency covers [[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Kamalagaon Sujali [[gram panchayat]] of [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]] 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 | access-date = 30 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Chopra Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Bachcha Munsi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=5|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Mohammad Mahamuddin]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|[[Hamidul Rahman]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Anwarul Haque
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Hamidul Rahman]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra}}
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|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shankar Adhikari
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Makleswar Rahaman
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Zakir Abedin
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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===2021===

In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Md. Shahin Akhtar of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
|votes = 1,24,923
|percentage = 61.20
|change = +19.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Md. Shahin Akhtar
|votes = 60,018
|percentage = 29.40
|change = +20.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Anwarul Haque
|votes = 12,279
|percentage = 6.02
|change = -26.32
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Ajoy Kumar Sinha
|votes = 3,166
|percentage = 1.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Surojit Kisku
|votes = 2,193
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,531
|percentage = 0.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,04,110
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=All India Trinamool Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Akramul Haque of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Hamidul Rahman]]|votes=74,390|percentage=41.81|change=+36.99}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Akramul Haque|votes=57,530|percentage=32.34|change=-7.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sajen Ram Singha|votes=15,815|percentage=8.89|change=+4.87}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|candidate = Ashok Roy
|votes = 15,618
|percentage = 8.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Disom Party|candidate=Sarkar Murmu|votes=4,214|percentage=2.37|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Gorkha Janmukti Morcha|candidate=Naseer Ahmed Khan|votes=3,531|percentage=1.98|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|candidate = Dr Md Tabibur Rahman
|votes = 2,681
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ruhidas Uraw|votes=1,456|percentage=0.82|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,655
|percentage = 1.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=177,890|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===

In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Chopra 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=28| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606064043/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=28| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 6 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Chopra| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
|votes = 64,289
|percentage = 44.62
|change = -0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Anwarul Haque
|votes = 57,719
|percentage = 40.06
|change = -10.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sekh Jalaluddin
|votes = 6,944
|percentage = 4.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ashim Chandra Barman
|votes = 5,793
|percentage = 4.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ruhidas Urao
|votes = 5,377
|percentage = 3.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Safiya Khatun
|votes = 2,178
|percentage = 1.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Joydeb Biswas
|votes = 178
|percentage = 0.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,570
|percentage = 4.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,44,084
|percentage = 86.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, [[Deepa Dasmunsi]], campaigned for him.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110419212447/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 April 2011 |title = Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress ‘soldiers’ | publisher = The Telegraph, 16 April 2011 |access-date = 20 April 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | date=2011-04-16}}</ref> Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102150645/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 November 2012 | title = Rebels flattened but give pinpricks | access-date = 4 August 2011 | last = Ghosh| first = Barun| publisher = The Telegraph, 14 May 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | date=2011-05-14}}</ref>

<small>.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Anwarul Haque of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Chopra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hamidul Rahaman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001.<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996,<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987.<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp27.htm | title =27 - Chopra Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref> Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

==Lok Sabha Election Results==
=== 2024 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Gopal Lama|votes=133,276|percentage=63.45|change=+2.25%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Raju Bista]]|votes=41,145|percentage=19.59|change=-9.82%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Munish Tamang|votes=25,508|percentage=12.14|change=+6.12%|notes=Left supported}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=NOTA|candidate=None of the Above|votes=4,154|percentage=1.98|change=+1.23%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=Others|votes=5,982|percentage=2.85|change=+0.23%}}
{{Election box majority|votes=92,131|percentage=43.86%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=210,065|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=All India Trinamool Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}Notes: Postal ballot excluded

=== 2019 ===
In the [[2019 Indian general election]], '''[[Amar Singh Rai]]''' of [[All India Trinamool Congress|'''TMC''']] was the leading candidate in [[ Chopra Assembly constituency]] of [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian General election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amar Singh Rai]]
|votes = 94,298
|percentage = 50.6
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Raju Bista]]
|votes = 49,521
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sankar Malakar
|votes = 22,769
|percentage = 12.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Saman Pathak
|votes = 11,403
|percentage = 6.1
|change =

}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 44,777
|percentage = 20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,77,991
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In the [[2014 Indian general election]], '''[[Bhaichung Bhutia]]''' of [[Trinamool Congress|'''TMC''']] was the leading candidate in [[Chopra Assembly constituency]] of [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency]].
{{Election box begin | title= [[2014 Indian general election]] : Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Bhaichung Bhutia]]
|votes = 49,985
|percentage = 31.36
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Saman Pathak
|votes = 48,213
|percentage = 30.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[S. S. Ahluwalia]]
|votes = 27,220
|percentage = 17.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sujay Ghatak
|votes = 24,906
|percentage = 16.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,563
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mahendra P Lama
|votes = 1,309
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Arun Kumar Agarwal
|votes = 1,092
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rabindra Roy Basunia
|votes = 915
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Goutam Bhattacharya
|votes = 843
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kakuli Majumdar (Roy)
|votes = 757
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janasachetan Party
|candidate = Sunil Pandit
|votes = 650
|percentage = 0.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Lalit Singha
|votes = 323
|percentage = 0.21
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,772
|percentage = 1.1%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,57,776
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2009===
In the [[2009 Indian general election]], '''[[Dawa Narbula]]''' of [[Indian National Congress|'''Congress''']] was the leading candidate in [[Chopra Assembly constituency]] of [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Dawa Narbula]]
|votes = 65,274
|percentage = 49.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Jibesh Sarkar
|votes = 49,715
|percentage = 38.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jaswant Singh]]
|votes = 9,441
|percentage = 7.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ram Ganesh Baraik
|votes = 1,574
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Haridas Thakur
|votes = 1,540
|percentage = 1.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Abhijit Majumdar
|votes = 621
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nitu Jai
|votes = 669
|percentage = 0.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Arun Kumar Agarwal
|votes = 656
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Niranjan Saha
|votes = 543
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,559
|percentage = 11.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,30,063
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in West Bengal]]

Chopra Assembly constituency - Revision history

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