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| 2 | Chapra, Nadia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Members of Legislative Assembly |  |  |  |
| 3 | Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 4 | 1951 | Chapra | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | 1957 | Haringhata | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | - | - | Promatha Ranjan Thakur | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | 1962 | Chapra | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad |
| 8 | 1967 | - | J.Mojumdar | Bangla Congress |
| 9 | 1969 | - | Salil Behari Hundle | Bangla Congress |
| 10 | 1971 | - | Sahabuddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 11 | 1972 | - | Ghiasuddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | 1977 | - | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 13 | 1982 | - | Sahabauddin Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 14 | 1987 | - | Mir Qusem | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 15 | 1991 | - | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 16 | 1996 | - | Mir Quasem Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 17 | 2001 | - | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 18 | 2006 | - | Shamsul Islam Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 19 | 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.