Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Constituency No. | 45 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 7. Maldaha Uttar |
| Electorate (year) | 171,079 (2011) |
Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block.[1]
Chanchal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chanchal | Asif Mehbub | Indian National Congress[2] |
For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Asif Mehbub | 68,586 | 48.69 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anjuman Ara Begam | 54,399 | 38.62 | ||
| BJP | Sital Prasad Chakraborty | 11,002 | 7.81 | ||
| Independent | Jayanta Kumar Sinha | 2,867 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Khaleque | 2,405 | |||
| BSP | Dally Choudhury Roy | 1,593 | |||
| Turnout | 140,852 | 82.33 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 8 |  4 |
| Trinamool Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 |  5 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 1 |
| Forward bloc | 1 | 0 |
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)
