# Jangipara Assembly constituency

Jangipara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 195 Jangipara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jangipara community development block and Ainya, Haripur, Masat and Shiyakhala gram panchayata of Chanditala I community development block.
Jangipara Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Jangipara | Biswanath Saha | Indian National Congress |
| | Jangipara | Kanai Dey | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jangipara | Biswanath Saha | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Jangipara | Manindranath Jana | Communist Party of India (Marxist)| |
| 1969 | Jangipara | Manindranath Jana | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Jangipara | Manindranath Jana | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Jangipara | Ganesh Hatui | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Jangipara | Ganesh Chandra Hatui | Indian National Congress |
| 1982 | Jangipara | Ganesh Chandra Halui | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Jangipara | Dwipen Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Jangipara | Manindranath Jana | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Jangipara | Ibha Dey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Jangipara | Ibha Dey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Jangipara | Sudarsan Ray Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Jangipara | Snehasis Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Jangipara | Snehasis Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Jangipara | Snehasis Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Jangipara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Snehasis Chakraborty | 101,885 | 48.00 |
| | BJP | Debjit Sarkar | 83,959 | 40.00 |
| | ISF | Sk. Moinuddin | 17,756 | 8.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,926 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | AITC | Snehasis Chakraborty | 99,324 |
| | CPI(M) | Pabitra Singha Roy | 75,719 |
| | BJP | Prosenjit Bag | 13,716 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jangipara constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Snehasis Chakraborty | 87,133 | 50.54 | +8.12# |
| | CPI(M) | Prof. Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 74,157 | 42.95 | −14.62 |
| | BJP | Prasenjit Bag | 5,663 | 3.28 | |
| | People’s Democratic Conference of India | Pradip Ghosh | 2,143 | | |
| | Independent | Md Kutubuddin Purkait | 1,427 | | |
| | JDP | Bharati Kisku | 1,149 | | |
| | Independent | Tarun Kumar Bank | 837 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,409 | 84.78 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 22.74# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2006

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Jangipara constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Prof. Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 79,418 | 57.60 |
| | AITC | Ehsanul Haque Kazi (Badsha) | 50,645 | 36.70 |
| | INC | Subhas Dey | 7,878 | 5.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,773 | (20.9%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,988 | 82.4 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sudarshan Raychaudhuri of CPI(M) won the Jangipara assembly seat defeating Ehsanul Haque Kazi of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ibha Dey of CPI(M) defeated Shahbazin Khan Munshi of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Dwipen Mukherjee of Congress in 1996. Manindranath Jana of CPI(M) defeated Gayatri Roy of Congress in 1991, Dwipen Mukherjee of Congress in 1987, Ganesh Chandra Hatui of Congress 1982 and 1977.

### 1957-1972

Ganesh Hatui of Congress won in 1972. Manindranath Jana of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Biswanath Saha of Congress won in 1962. Biswanath Saha and Kanai Dey, both of Congress, won the Jangipara double seat in 1957. Prior to that the Jangipara assembly seat did not exist.