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Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chunchura
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chunchura is located in West Bengal
Chunchura
Chunchura
Chunchura is located in India
Chunchura
Chunchura
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°54′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.90000°N 88.38333°E / 22.90000; 88.38333Coordinates: 22°54′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.90000°N 88.38333°E / 22.90000; 88.38333
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Constituency No. 190
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 28. Hooghly
Electorate (year) 262,555 (2011)

Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelt as Chinsurah) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Hooghly-Chunchura municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block, and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block.

Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).

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.


Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2


In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey Forward Bloc won the Chinsurah assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashis Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Robin Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Tapan Dasgupta of Congress 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.

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.


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