| Chakdaha | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Bankim Chandra Ghosh |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Nadia |
| Loksabha Cons: | Ranaghat |
| Constituency No: | 91 |
| Established: | 1957 |
| Electors: | 245,514 |
| Reservation: | None |
Chakdaha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 91 Chakdaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chakdaha municipality, and Chanduria I, Dubra, Ghetugachhi, Rautari, Silinda I, Silinda II, Tatla Iand Tatla II gram panchayats of Chakdaha community development block.[1]
Chakdaha Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Suresh Chandra Banerjee | Praja Socialist Party[3] | |
| 1962 | Santi Das | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| 1967 | H.Mitra | Bangla Congress[5] | |
| 1969 | Subal Chandra Mandal | Bangla Congress[6] | |
| 1971 | Subhash Chandra Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1972 | Hari Das Mitra | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1977 | Binoy Kumar Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1982 | Subhas Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1987 | Subhas Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1991 | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 2001 | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2006 | Malay Kumar Samanta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| 2011 | Naresh Chandra Chaki | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
| 2016 | Ratna kar Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party[17] |
In the 2016 election, Ratna Kar Ghosh of the All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Gupta of CPI(M).
In the 2011 election, Naresh Chandra Chaki of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Gupta of CPI(M).
In the 2006[15] state assembly elections Malay Kumar Samanta of CPI (M) won the Chakdaha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Naresh Chandra Chaki of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[14] 1996[13] and 1991,[12] Satyasadhan Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rivals Gouri Sankar Dutta, Sukumar Sarkar and Sukumar Roy (all of Congress) in the respective years. In 1987[11] and 1982,[10] Subhas Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sanatanu Bhowmick and Narendra Nath Sarkar (both of Congress) in the respective years. In 1977, Binoy Kumar Biswas, Independent, defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress.[9] [18]
Hari Das Mitra of Congress won in 1972.[8] Subhash Chandra Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Subal Chandra Mandal of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[6] H.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Santi Das of Congress won in 1962.[4] Suresh Chandra Banerjee of PSP won in 1957.[3] The Chakdaha seat was not there in 1951.