2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election explained

Election Name:2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election
Type:Parliamentary
Country:India
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2015 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2026 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election
Next Year:2026
Seats For Election:All 33 seats in Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
Majority Seats:17
Party1:All India Trinamool Congress
Last Election1:30 seats
Party2:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Alliance2:Left Front (West Bengal)
Last Election2:2 seats
Party3:Independents
Last Election3:1 seat
CMC Mayor
Before Election:Ram Chakraborty
Before Party:AITC
After Election:Ram Chakraborty
After Party:AITC

The 2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election was held on 12 February 2022 to elect 33 members of the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation (CMC) which governs Chandernagore and Mankundu, the twin cities in the Hooghly district Indian state of West Bengal.[1]

Schedule

Poll eventSchedule
Notification date28 Dec, 2021
Last Date for filing nomination3 Jan, 2022
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination6 Jan, 2022
Date of poll12 Feb, 2022
Date of counting of votes14 Feb, 2022

Parties and alliances

Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:

PartySymbolAllianceNo. of contesting candidates
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)None33
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)Left Front3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))29
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)None33
Indian National Congress (INC)19
Independents (IND)3

Candidates

Ward!colspan="1"
ReservationAITCLeft FrontBJPINC
NameSC/WomenPartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidate
1Ward No. 1NoneAITCPapia Singha RoyCPI(M)Chinmoy BiswasBJPGopal ChoubeyINCSukumar Mal
2Ward No. 2AITCMohit NandiCPI(M)Somnath GangulyBJPIndrani MitraINCSandip Kumar Banerjee
3Ward No. 3WomenGitanjali SethLeft Front supported Independent candidate Sipra DeySanchita Dey
4Ward No. 4NoneAnimesh BanerjeeSomnath PalArunava SarkarPrabir Kumar Das
5Ward No. 5Monika MandalGopal ShuklaRina GhoshINC supports CPI(M)
6Ward No. 6WomenMoumita BanerjeeRekha TiwariSipra GhoshMamata Das
7Ward No. 7NonePartha Sarathi DuttaSumit SarkarNarayan DasINC supports CPI(M)
8Ward No. 8Om Prakash MahatoBappaditya RoySubrata SinghaTapan Dey
9Ward No. 9WomenSnigdha RaySuchandra DuttaRanju SinghINC supports CPI(M)
10Ward No. 10NoneAjoy GhoshSobhanlal SenguptaSamit BandyopadhyaySunil Chaudhuri
11Ward No. 11Md Samad AliMd Mahboob AlamSanjoy Kumar GhoshShek Sabir
12Ward No. 12WomenRituparna Shaw MondalMeena SharmaKiran AdhikariMithu Biswas(Majumder)
13Ward No. 13NoneSubhojit ShawNilmoni KonarSrabani MalikDebashish Das
14Ward No. 14Ranjit KunduOikatan DasguptaAbhijit DharaManoj Kumar Bose
15Ward No. 15Mamata Dutta PatraCPI(M) Anindita ChattopadhyayLaxmi PasmanINC supports CPI(M)
16Ward No. 16Samir Guha MallikAbhijit SenSomnath DasINC supports CPI(M)
17Ward No. 17Sujit Kumar NathAsoke GangulySoumen Das (Originally:Gokul Chandra Pal) Candidate Changed after DeathMukul De
18Ward No. 18SCSabita DasSanjay DasSekhar BiswasINC supports CPI(M)
19Ward No. 19WomenSupriti DuttaPampa Chatterjee AdhikarySunabda SahaPinki Dey
20Ward No. 20NonePijush BiswasDebojit BiswasBJPRuna KarPalash Kanti Roy
21Ward No. 21Suvendu MukherjeeSujit DeyTapas RayAshok Roy
22Ward No. 22WomenSoma Roy ChowdhuryLipika ChakrabortyBJPMadhabi Bag SantraSoma Roy Chowdhury
23Ward No. 23NoneProsenjit MukherjeeTapas Kumar GhoshBJPAshutosh GhoshAshoke Kumar Khan
24Ward No. 24Hiranmay ChatterjeeSubhadip DeyBJPAvijit PandaNikhil Kumar Ghosh
25Ward No. 25WomenIndu BarmanMausumi Kumari Thakur(Sharma)BJPRita ChowdharyINC supports AIFB
26Ward No. 26SC WomenSarada ChoudhuryAIFBRitika ChoudhuryBJPSandhya DasINC supports AIFB
27Ward No. 27NoneBinay Kumar ShawSwarup Ghosh BJPDipa ChoudharyINC supports CPI(M)
28Ward No. 28SC WomenPuja PatraLabanya GhoshBJPSoma RoyINC supports CPI(M)
29Ward No. 29SCBimal PatraSunil Kumar PatraBJPManik RoyINC supports CPI(M)
30Ward No. 30NoneRam ChakrabortySk. Luftar RahamanBJPPrabir PakiraBiswajit Mitra
31Ward No. 31Munna AgarwalAIFBArup Kumar DasBJPNemai DasHiran Kumar Ghosh
32Ward No. 32WomenSubhra DasGita DasBJPPriya Patra(Biswas) INC supports CPI(M)
33Ward No. 33NoneSima DasCPI(M)Dhiren SahaBJPBabla SamaddarINC supports CPI(M)

Result

Party-wise Result

312
AITCCPI(M)
AlliancePartySeatsPopular Vote
ContestedWonChangeEarned Second PositionVotes%Change (%)
Party-wiseAlliance-wiseParty-wiseAlliance-wise
NoneAITC3231 10262,35259.42
Left FrontCPI(M)2922 52427,69926.4028.72
AIFB30 1210200.97
Independent(Supported by Left Front10114141.42
NoneBJP330 1110,2839.80
INC190 3115721.50
Independents2005970.56
Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout
Registered Voters

Ward-wise Result

The Ward-wise Results were announced by the West Bengal State Election Commission after the counting.

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WinnerRunner UpMargin
Ward numberPartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotes
Ward No. 1AITCPapia Singha Roy2776 CPI(M)Chinmoy Biswas1605 1171
Ward No. 2AITCMohit Nandi1851 CPI(M)Somnath Ganguly1352 499
Ward No. 3AITCGitanjali Seth1457Ind (supported by LF)Sipra Dey1414 43
Ward No. 4AITCAnimesh Banerjee(Babai)1859 CPI(M)Somnath Pal611 1248
Ward No. 5AITCMonika Mandal1704CPI(M)Gopal Shukla803901
Ward No. 6AITCMoumita Banerjee(Riya)1035CPI(M)Rekha Tiwari102213
Ward No. 7AITCPartha Sarathi Dutta1804CPI(M)Sumit Sarkar(Chotka)7451059
Ward No. 8AITCOm Prakash Mahato2597CPI(M)Bappaditya Roy2283314
Ward No. 9AITCSnigdha Ray2168CPI(M)Suchandra Dutta8611307
Ward No. 10AITCAjoy Ghosh1730CPI(M)Sobhanlal Sengupta1052678
Ward No. 11AITCMd Samad Ali(Chunna)2557CPI(M)Md. Mahboob Alam10721485
Ward No. 12AITCRituparna Shaw Mondal2241INCMithu Biswas(Majumdar)4881753
Ward No. 13AITCSubhojit Shaw1582CPI(M)Nilmoni Konar952630
Ward No. 14AITCRanjit Kundu1486CPI(M)Oikatan Dasgupta(Top)143155
Ward No. 15AITCMamata Dutta Patra1835CPI(M)Anindita Chattopadhyay1341494
Ward No. 16CPI(M)Abhijit Sen(Hada)1549AITCSamir Guha Mallick(Kalua)1426123
Ward No. 17CPI(M)Asoke Ganguly(Monu)1018AITCSujit Kumar Nath888130
Ward No. 18AITCSabita Das2243CPI(M)Sanjoy Das(Sujoy)8061437
Ward No. 19AITCSupriti Dutta1926CPI(M)Pampa Chatterjee Adhikary1114812
Ward No. 20AITCPijush Biswas2754CPI(M)Debojit Biswas(Chandan)7232031
Ward No. 21AITCSuvendu Mukherjee(Shovon)2922CPI(M)Sujit Dey11931729
Ward No. 22AITCSoma Roy Chowdhury2332CPI(M)Lipika Chakraborty9301402
Ward No. 23AITCProsenjit Mukherjee1896CPI(M)Tapas Mukherjee8061090
Ward No. 24AITCHiranmay Chatterjee(Kalu)1857CPI(M)Subhadip Dey3481509
Ward No. 25AITCIndu Barman (Saha)2069AIFBMausumi Kumari Thakur (Sharma)3201749
Ward No. 26AITCSarada Choudhury1774BJPSandhya Das1078696
Ward No. 27AITCBinay Kumar Shaw(Vicky)943CPI(M)Swarup Ghosh251692
Ward No. 28AITCPuja Patra1748CPI(M)Labanya Ghosh752996
Ward No. 29AITCBimal Patra(Chhotka)2180CPI(M)Sunil Kumar Patra7481432
Ward No. 30AITCRam Chakraborty2619CPI(M)Sk. Luftar Rahaman(Danny)8031816
Ward No. 31AITCMunna Agarwal1656AIFBArup Kumar Das5431113
Ward No. 32AITCSubhra Das1549 CPI(M)Gita Das598 951
Ward No. 33AITCSima Das (Moni)1740 CPI(M)Dhiren Saha1585 155

Bye-Elections

Won Party! colspan="2"
Runner Up PartyMargin
June 26HooglyChandernagore Municipal Corporation17CPI(M)AITC130

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Bengal: Municipal elections for Asansol, Chandannagar, Bidhannagar and Siliguri to take place on January 22.