Chakulia Assembly constituency

Chakulia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Chakulia
Constituency No. 31 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chakulia Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raiganj
Established	2011
Total electors	233,378
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Minhajul Arfin Azad
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 31 Chakulia Assembly constituency covers Goalpokhar II community development block and Bazargaon I and Bazargaon II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development block.^[1]

Chakulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 5. Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2011	Ali Imran Ramz		All India Forward Bloc
2016
2021	Minhajul Arfin Azad		Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chakulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Minhajul Arfin Azad	86,311	49.78	+25.73
	BJP	Sachin Prasad	52,474	30.26	+5.90
	AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	28,704	16.55	−26.10
	BSP	Goutam Paul	2,725	1.57	−4.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,186	0.68	−0.39
	Independent	Mazhar Imam	1,046	0.60
	JD(U)	Kamkshya Sarkar	954	0.55
Turnout			173,400
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Ashim Kumar Mridha of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chakulia constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	64,185	42.65	−9.48
	BJP	Ashim Kumar Mridha	36,656	24.36	+21.12
	AITC	Alema Noorie	36,198	24.05
	BSP	Goutam Chandra Paul	8,719	5.79	+1.57
	SP	Mir Masud Alam	1,839	1.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,613	1.07	+1.07
	Independent	Rafikul Alam	1,290	0.86
Turnout			1,50,500	75.22	+0.25
	AIFB hold		Swing

Note- Indian National Congress supported the All India Forward Bloc candidate Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) in 2016.

2011

In the 2011 election, Ali Imran Ramz of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chakulia constituency^[2][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	65,265	52.13
	INC	Serajul Islam	44,852	35.82
	BSP	Goutam Chandra Paul	5,287	4.22
	BJP	Kalipada Ghosh	4,052	3.24
	JDP	Durga Hemram	3,081
	Independent	Raj Kumar Jain	2,661
Turnout			125,198	74.97
	AIFB win (new seat)