# Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Chapra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 82 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chapra community development block.
Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad |
| 1967 | Jagannath Majumdar | 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 Quasem Mondal | 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 Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Rukbanur Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Rukbanur Rahman | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chapra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | 73,866 | 34.65 | −13.14 |
| | Independent | Jeber Sekh | 61,748 | 28.97 | |
| | BJP | Kalyan Kumar Nandi | 58,168 | 27.29 | +19.35 |
| | CPI(M) | Jahangir Biswas (Raju) | 11,722 | 5.50 | −35.11 |
| | ISF | Kanchan Moitra | 3,865 | 1.81 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,023 | 0.95 | −0.06 |
| | BSP | Rokibul Hossain Molla | 1,070 | 0.50 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Mozammel Hossain Mondal | 713 | 0.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 213,175 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |
.# Jeber Sekh, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress member.

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chapra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | 89,556 | 47.79 | +0.65 |
| | CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | 76,093 | 40.61 | −4.93 |
| | BJP | Sutirtha Chakraborty (Chuni) | 14,887 | 7.94 | +3.63 |
| | SS | Samaresh Biswas | 4,081 | 2.18 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,894 | 1.01 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Dhananjay Ganguly | 884 | 0.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 187,895 | 85.23 | −2.62 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Rukbanur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chapra constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rukbanur Rahaman | 77,435 | 47.14 | −9.10# |
| | CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | 74,802 | 45.54 | +2.22 |
| | BJP | Baidyanath Biswas | 7,078 | 4.31 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Bijoy Kumar Saha | 2,765 | | |
| | JD(U) | Soumen Mandal | 2,180 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164,260 | 87.87 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -11.32# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Shamsul Islam Mollah of CPI(M) won the Chapra assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Abdur Rashid Mollick of Congress in 2006 and Julfikar Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mir Quasem Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Julfikar Khan representing Congress in 1996, and Arun Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1991. Mir Qusem of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Dutta of Congress in 1987. Sahabauddin Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Arun Biswas, Independent, in 1982 and Kazi Safluddin of Janata Party in 1977.

### 1962–1972

Ghiasuddin Ahmad of Congress won in 1972. Sahabuddin Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1971. Salil Behari Hundle of Bangla Congress won in 1969. J.Mojumdar of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Mohananda Haldar of Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad won in 1962, The Chapra constituency did not exist prior to that.