Chandipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake village, see Chandipur, Purba Medinipur. For 2. its namesake community development block, see Chandipur (community development block). For disambiguation, see Chandipur.

Chandipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Chandipur
Constituency No. 211 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Chandipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanthi
Established	2011
Total electors	2,45,775
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Soham Chakraborty
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 211 Chandipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandipur community development block, and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block.^[1]

Chandipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party Affiliation
2011	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Soham Chakraborty

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, 2021: Chandipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Soham Chakraborty	1,09,770
	BJP	Pulak Kanti Guria	96,298
	CPI(M)	Ashis Kumar Guchhait	9,837
Turnout			2,19,591
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chandipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee	95,982	48.52	−2.28
	CPI(M)	Mangal Chand Pradhan	86,328	43.64	−0.40
	BJP	Pijush Das	10,160	5.14	+2.17
	BSP	Biswanath Ghorai	1,274	0.64
Turnout			197,801	88.51
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chandipur^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee	88,010	50.80
	CPI(M)	Bidyut Guchait	76,301	44.04
	BJP	Chanchal Maiti	5,149	2.97
	Independent	Siraj Khan	3,780
Turnout			173,240	91.84