Chanditala is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in the Hooghly District

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Chanditala I

Chanditala I (community development block)

Chanditala I is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chanditala police station serves this block...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Dankuni, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala and Naiti gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block.

Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktaram Pan of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Chanditala assembly seat defeating Swati Khandoker of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

 in 2006 and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 defeated Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1996. Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991, Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987, Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982 and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977.

1962-1972

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972. Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971. Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969 and 1967. Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1962 was a part of a series of state assembly elections in 1962.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

.Prior to that the Chanditala seat did not exist.