Chapra, Nadia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year
Constituency
Name of M.L.A.
Party Affiliation
1951
Chapra
Smarajit Bandopadhyay
Indian National Congress
1957
Haringhata
Smarajit Bandopadhyay
Indian National Congress
-
-
Promatha Ranjan Thakur
Indian National Congress
1962
Chapra
Mohananda Haldar
Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad
1967
-
J.Mojumdar
Bangla Congress
1969
-
Salil Behari Hundle
Bangla Congress
1971
-
Sahabuddin Mondal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972
-
Ghiasuddin Ahmad
Indian National Congress
1977
-
Sahabauddin Mondal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
-
Sahabauddin Mondal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987
-
Mir Qusem
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
-
Mir Quasem Mondal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996
-
Mir Quasem Mondal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001
-
Shamsul Islam Mollah
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006
-
Shamsul Islam Mollah
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011
-
Rukbanur Rahaman
All India Trinamool Congress

Question: Who won the Chapra and Haringhata seats in the 1950s?
Answer: Smarajit Bandopadhyay and Promatha Ranjan Thakur, both of Congress, won the Haringhata joint seat in 1957 and in the first election in 1951, Smarajit Bandopadhyay of Congress won the Chapra seat.