# 2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election

The 2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election was held on 12 February 2022 to elect 33 members of the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation (CMC) which governs Chandernagore and Mankundu, the twin cities in the Hooghly district Indian state of West Bengal.

## Schedule

| Poll event | Schedule |
| Notification date | 28 Dec, 2021 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 3 Jan, 2022 |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 6 Jan, 2022 |
| Date of poll | 12 Feb, 2022 |
| Date of counting of votes | 14 Feb, 2022 |

## Parties and alliances

Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:
| Party | Alliance | No. of contesting candidates |
| All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | None | 33 |
| All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | Left Front | 3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | Left Front | 29 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | None | 33 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | None | 19 |
| Independents (IND) | None | 3 |

## Candidates

List of candidates :
| Ward | Ward | Reservation | AITC | AITC | AITC | Left Front | Left Front | Left Front | BJP | BJP | BJP | INC | INC | INC |
| # | Name | SC/Women | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate |
| 1 | Ward No. 1 | None | | AITC | Papia Singha Roy | | CPI(M) | Chinmoy Biswas | | BJP | Gopal Choubey | | INC | Sukumar Mal |
| 2 | Ward No. 2 | None | | AITC | Mohit Nandi | | CPI(M) | Somnath Ganguly | | BJP | Indrani Mitra | | INC | Sandip Kumar Banerjee |
| 3 | Ward No. 3 | Women | | AITC | Gitanjali Seth | Left Front supported Independent candidate Sipra Dey | Left Front supported Independent candidate Sipra Dey | Left Front supported Independent candidate Sipra Dey | | BJP | Sanchita Dey | INC supports Left Front | INC supports Left Front | INC supports Left Front |
| 4 | Ward No. 4 | None | | AITC | Animesh Banerjee | | CPI(M) | Somnath Pal | | BJP | Arunava Sarkar | | INC | Prabir Kumar Das |
| 5 | Ward No. 5 | None | | AITC | Monika Mandal | | CPI(M) | Gopal Shukla | | BJP | Rina Ghosh | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 6 | Ward No. 6 | Women | | AITC | Moumita Banerjee | | CPI(M) | Rekha Tiwari | | BJP | Sipra Ghosh | | INC | Mamata Das |
| 7 | Ward No. 7 | None | | AITC | Partha Sarathi Dutta | | CPI(M) | Sumit Sarkar | | BJP | Narayan Das | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 8 | Ward No. 8 | None | | AITC | Om Prakash Mahato | | CPI(M) | Bappaditya Roy | | BJP | Subrata Singha | | INC | Tapan Dey |
| 9 | Ward No. 9 | Women | | AITC | Snigdha Ray | | CPI(M) | Suchandra Dutta | | BJP | Ranju Singh | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 10 | Ward No. 10 | None | | AITC | Ajoy Ghosh | | CPI(M) | Sobhanlal Sengupta | | BJP | Samit Bandyopadhyay | | INC | Sunil Chaudhuri |
| 11 | Ward No. 11 | None | | AITC | Md Samad Ali | | CPI(M) | Md Mahboob Alam | | BJP | Sanjoy Kumar Ghosh | | INC | Shek Sabir |
| 12 | Ward No. 12 | Women | | AITC | Rituparna Shaw Mondal | | CPI(M) | Meena Sharma | | BJP | Kiran Adhikari | | INC | Mithu Biswas(Majumder) |
| 13 | Ward No. 13 | None | | AITC | Subhojit Shaw | | CPI(M) | Nilmoni Konar | | BJP | Srabani Malik | | INC | Debashish Das |
| 14 | Ward No. 14 | None | | AITC | Ranjit Kundu | | CPI(M) | Oikatan Dasgupta | | BJP | Abhijit Dhara | | INC | Manoj Kumar Bose |
| 15 | Ward No. 15 | None | | AITC | Mamata Dutta Patra | | CPI(M) | Anindita Chattopadhyay | | BJP | Laxmi Pasman | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 16 | Ward No. 16 | None | | AITC | Samir Guha Mallik | | CPI(M) | Abhijit Sen | | BJP | Somnath Das | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 17 | Ward No. 17 | None | | AITC | Sujit Kumar Nath | | CPI(M) | Asoke Ganguly | | BJP | Soumen Das (Originally:Gokul Chandra Pal) Candidate Changed after Death | | INC | Mukul De |
| 18 | Ward No. 18 | SC | | AITC | Sabita Das | | CPI(M) | Sanjay Das | | BJP | Sekhar Biswas | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 19 | Ward No. 19 | Women | | AITC | Supriti Dutta | | CPI(M) | Pampa Chatterjee Adhikary | | BJP | Sunabda Saha | | INC | Pinki Dey |
| 20 | Ward No. 20 | None | | AITC | Pijush Biswas | | CPI(M) | Debojit Biswas | | BJP | Runa Kar | | INC | Palash Kanti Roy |
| 21 | Ward No. 21 | None | | AITC | Suvendu Mukherjee | | CPI(M) | Sujit Dey | | BJP | Tapas Ray | | INC | Ashok Roy |
| 22 | Ward No. 22 | Women | | AITC | Soma Roy Chowdhury | | CPI(M) | Lipika Chakraborty | | BJP | Madhabi Bag Santra | | INC | Soma Roy Chowdhury |
| 23 | Ward No. 23 | None | | AITC | Prosenjit Mukherjee | | CPI(M) | Tapas Kumar Ghosh | | BJP | Ashutosh Ghosh | | INC | Ashoke Kumar Khan |
| 24 | Ward No. 24 | None | | AITC | Hiranmay Chatterjee | | CPI(M) | Subhadip Dey | | BJP | Avijit Panda | | INC | Nikhil Kumar Ghosh |
| 25 | Ward No. 25 | Women | | AITC | Indu Barman | | AIFB | Mausumi Kumari Thakur(Sharma) | | BJP | Rita Chowdhary | INC supports AIFB | INC supports AIFB | INC supports AIFB |
| 26 | Ward No. 26 | SC Women | | AITC | Sarada Choudhury | | AIFB | Ritika Choudhury | | BJP | Sandhya Das | INC supports AIFB | INC supports AIFB | INC supports AIFB |
| 27 | Ward No. 27 | None | | AITC | Binay Kumar Shaw | | CPI(M) | Swarup Ghosh | | BJP | Dipa Choudhary | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 28 | Ward No. 28 | SC Women | | AITC | Puja Patra | | CPI(M) | Labanya Ghosh | | BJP | Soma Roy | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 29 | Ward No. 29 | SC | | AITC | Bimal Patra | | CPI(M) | Sunil Kumar Patra | | BJP | Manik Roy | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 30 | Ward No. 30 | None | | AITC | Ram Chakraborty | | CPI(M) | Sk. Luftar Rahaman | | BJP | Prabir Pakira | | INC | Biswajit Mitra |
| 31 | Ward No. 31 | None | | AITC | Munna Agarwal | | AIFB | Arup Kumar Das | | BJP | Nemai Das | | INC | Hiran Kumar Ghosh |
| 32 | Ward No. 32 | Women | | AITC | Subhra Das | | CPI(M) | Gita Das | | BJP | Priya Patra(Biswas) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |
| 33 | Ward No. 33 | None | | AITC | Sima Das | | CPI(M) | Dhiren Saha | | BJP | Babla Samaddar | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) | INC supports CPI(M) |

## Result
### Party-wise Result

| 31 | 2 |
| AITC | CPI(M) |
* AITC (59.42%)
* LF (28.72%)
* BJP (9.8%)
* INC (1.5%)
* IND (0.56%)
* Others (0%)
| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | Contested | Won | Won | Change | Earned Second Position | Votes | % | % | Change (%) |
| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | Contested | Party-wise | Alliance-wise | Change | Earned Second Position | Votes | Party-wise | Alliance-wise | Change (%) |
| None | None | | AITC | 32 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 62,352 | 59.42 | 59.42 | |
| | Left Front | | CPI(M) | 29 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 27,699 | 26.40 | 28.72 | |
| | Left Front | | AIFB | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1020 | 0.97 | 28.72 | |
| | Left Front | | Independent(Supported by Left Front | 1 | 0 | 2 | | 1 | 1414 | 1.42 | 28.72 | |
| None | None | | BJP | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10,283 | 9.80 | 9.80 | |
| None | None | | INC | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1572 | 1.50 | 1.50 | |
| None | None | | Independents | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 597 | 0.56 | 0.56 | |
| Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | Total Polled Votes / Voter Turnout | | | |
| Registered Voters |||||||||||||
* AITC (93.93%)
* LF (6.04%)

### Ward-wise Result

The Ward-wise Results were announced by the West Bengal State Election Commission after the counting.
Results :
| | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| Ward number | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Margin |
| Ward No. 1 | | AITC | Papia Singha Roy | 2776 | | CPI(M) | Chinmoy Biswas | 1605 | 1171 |
| Ward No. 2 | | AITC | Mohit Nandi | 1851 | | CPI(M) | Somnath Ganguly | 1352 | 499 |
| Ward No. 3 | | AITC | Gitanjali Seth | 1457 | | Ind (supported by LF) | Sipra Dey | 1414 | 43 |
| Ward No. 4 | | AITC | Animesh Banerjee(Babai) | 1859 | | CPI(M) | Somnath Pal | 611 | 1248 |
| Ward No. 5 | | AITC | Monika Mandal | 1704 | | CPI(M) | Gopal Shukla | 803 | 901 |
| Ward No. 6 | | AITC | Moumita Banerjee(Riya) | 1035 | | CPI(M) | Rekha Tiwari | 1022 | 13 |
| Ward No. 7 | | AITC | Partha Sarathi Dutta | 1804 | | CPI(M) | Sumit Sarkar(Chotka) | 745 | 1059 |
| Ward No. 8 | | AITC | Om Prakash Mahato | 2597 | | CPI(M) | Bappaditya Roy | 2283 | 314 |
| Ward No. 9 | | AITC | Snigdha Ray | 2168 | | CPI(M) | Suchandra Dutta | 861 | 1307 |
| Ward No. 10 | | AITC | Ajoy Ghosh | 1730 | | CPI(M) | Sobhanlal Sengupta | 1052 | 678 |
| Ward No. 11 | | AITC | Md Samad Ali(Chunna) | 2557 | | CPI(M) | Md. Mahboob Alam | 1072 | 1485 |
| Ward No. 12 | | AITC | Rituparna Shaw Mondal | 2241 | | INC | Mithu Biswas(Majumdar) | 488 | 1753 |
| Ward No. 13 | | AITC | Subhojit Shaw | 1582 | | CPI(M) | Nilmoni Konar | 952 | 630 |
| Ward No. 14 | | AITC | Ranjit Kundu | 1486 | | CPI(M) | Oikatan Dasgupta(Top) | 1431 | 55 |
| Ward No. 15 | | AITC | Mamata Dutta Patra | 1835 | | CPI(M) | Anindita Chattopadhyay | 1341 | 494 |
| Ward No. 16 | | CPI(M) | Abhijit Sen(Hada) | 1549 | | AITC | Samir Guha Mallick(Kalua) | 1426 | 123 |
| Ward No. 17 | | CPI(M) | Asoke Ganguly(Monu) | 1018 | | AITC | Sujit Kumar Nath | 888 | 130 |
| Ward No. 18 | | AITC | Sabita Das | 2243 | | CPI(M) | Sanjoy Das(Sujoy) | 806 | 1437 |
| Ward No. 19 | | AITC | Supriti Dutta | 1926 | | CPI(M) | Pampa Chatterjee Adhikary | 1114 | 812 |
| Ward No. 20 | | AITC | Pijush Biswas | 2754 | | CPI(M) | Debojit Biswas(Chandan) | 723 | 2031 |
| Ward No. 21 | | AITC | Suvendu Mukherjee(Shovon) | 2922 | | CPI(M) | Sujit Dey | 1193 | 1729 |
| Ward No. 22 | | AITC | Soma Roy Chowdhury | 2332 | | CPI(M) | Lipika Chakraborty | 930 | 1402 |
| Ward No. 23 | | AITC | Prosenjit Mukherjee | 1896 | | CPI(M) | Tapas Mukherjee | 806 | 1090 |
| Ward No. 24 | | AITC | Hiranmay Chatterjee(Kalu) | 1857 | | CPI(M) | Subhadip Dey | 348 | 1509 |
| Ward No. 25 | | AITC | Indu Barman (Saha) | 2069 | | AIFB | Mausumi Kumari Thakur (Sharma) | 320 | 1749 |
| Ward No. 26 | | AITC | Sarada Choudhury | 1774 | | BJP | Sandhya Das | 1078 | 696 |
| Ward No. 27 | | AITC | Binay Kumar Shaw(Vicky) | 943 | | CPI(M) | Swarup Ghosh | 251 | 692 |
| Ward No. 28 | | AITC | Puja Patra | 1748 | | CPI(M) | Labanya Ghosh | 752 | 996 |
| Ward No. 29 | | AITC | Bimal Patra(Chhotka) | 2180 | | CPI(M) | Sunil Kumar Patra | 748 | 1432 |
| Ward No. 30 | | AITC | Ram Chakraborty | 2619 | | CPI(M) | Sk. Luftar Rahaman(Danny) | 803 | 1816 |
| Ward No. 31 | | AITC | Munna Agarwal | 1656 | | AIFB | Arup Kumar Das | 543 | 1113 |
| Ward No. 32 | | AITC | Subhra Das | 1549 | | CPI(M) | Gita Das | 598 | 951 |
| Ward No. 33 | | AITC | Sima Das (Moni) | 1740 | | CPI(M) | Dhiren Saha | 1585 | 155 |

## By-elections

| Date | District | Body | Ward No. | Winning Party | Winning Party | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| 26 June 2022 | Hooghly | Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | 17 | | CPI(M) | | AITC | 130 |