# Chanditala Assembly constituency

Chanditala Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Dankuni Municipality(Before 2010 grampanchayat) & Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala and Naiti gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block.
Chanditala Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Kanai Lali Dey | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Md. Abdul Latif | Independent |
| 1969 | Md. Abdul Latif | Independent |
| 1971 | Kaji Safiulla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Safiulla | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Malin Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Malin Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Malin Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Malin Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Akbar Ali Khandoker | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Bhaktaram Pan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Bhaktaram Pan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Swati Khandoker | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Swati Khandoker | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Swati Khandoker | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, AITC candidate Swati Khandoker defeated her nearest rival Yash Dasgupta of BJP by 41,347 votes
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Chanditala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Swati Khandoker | 103,118 | 49.79 | −2.67 |
| | BJP | Debashish Dasgupta | 61,771 | 29.83 | +26.54 |
| | CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 37,161 | 17.94 | −24.24 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,156 | 1.04 | |
| | Independent | Abdul Rahim Mollick | 1,886 | 0.91 | |
| | Independent | Onkar Majumder | 1,014 | 0.49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 207,106 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chanditala constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Swati Khandekar | 91,874 | 48.28 |
| | CPI(M) | Md. Sk. Azim Ali | 77,698 | 40.83 |
| | BJP | Sudipta Chatterjee | 12,843 | 6.75 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,305 | 1.74 |
| | SHS | Raghuwansh Dwivedy | 1,970 | 1.04 |
| | Indian Unity Centre | Moidul Islam Laskar | 1,426 | 0.75 |
| | SUCI(C) | Dinabandhu Dutta | 1,184 | 0.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 190,300 | 79.17 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktaram Pan of CPI(M) won the Chanditala assembly seat defeating Swati Khandoker of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Amit Mitra of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress defeated Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1996. Malin Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Akbar Ali Khandakar of Congress in 1991, Ali Hossain Jamadar of Congress in 1987, Nisith Kamal of Congress in 1982 and Seikh Abdur Rahim of Congress in 1977.

### 1962-1972

Safiulla of Congress won in 1972. Kaji Safiulla of CPI(M) won in 1971. Mohammad Abdul Latif, Independent, won in 1969 and 1967. Kanai Lall Dey of Congress won in 1962.