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{{other uses|Chopra (disambiguation)}}
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{{About|the Vidhan Sabha constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake census town|Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|2 its namesake community development block|Chopra (community development block)}}
{{About|the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake census town|Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|2 its namesake community development block|Chopra (community development block)}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chopra
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| type= SLA
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|name = Chopra <!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in -->
|official_name =
| map_alt =
|other_name =
| mla = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
| party =[[File:All India Trinamool Congress logo.svg|20px]] [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|native_name = <!-- if different from the English name -->
| alliance =
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
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| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
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| loksabha_cons = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
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| constituency_no = 28
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| established = 1977
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| electors = 247,764
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| reservation = None
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|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 28
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 167,193 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 209,966 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 247,764 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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'''Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
'''Chopra Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 28 Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Kamalagaon Sujali [[gram panchayat]] of [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 30 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 28 Chopra Assembly constituency covers [[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Kamalagaon Sujali [[gram panchayat]] of [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 30 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>


Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>
Chopra Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>


==Members of Legislative Assembly==
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Election
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
! Election<br/> Year
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Bachcha Munsi]]'''
!Constituency
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=5}}
!M.L.A.
!Party
|-
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Islampur||Mohd. Afaque Choudhury ||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Mohd. Afaque Choudhury||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Mohammad Mahamuddin]]'''
|-
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||A.Choudhury||Indian National Congress <ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|1969||||Abdul Karim Chowdhury||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|1971||||Abdul Karim Chowdhury||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|'''[[Hamidul Rahman]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|1972||||Abdul Karim Chowdhury||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|'''Anwarul Haque'''
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|1977<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|Chopra
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Hamidul Rahman]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|rowspan=2|[[Bachcha Munsi|Mohammad Bachcha Munsi]]
|rowspan=5|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|1987||||[[Mohammad Mahamuddin]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Mahamuddin<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Mahamuddin<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Hamidul Rahman]]||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Anwarul Haque||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Hamidul Rahman]]||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Hamidul Rahman||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||Hamidul Rahaman||All India Trinamool Congress
|-

|}
|}


==Election results==
==Election results==

===2021===
===2021===


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{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
|votes = 1,24,923
|votes = 1,24,923
|percentage = 61.20
|percentage = 61.20
|change = Winner
|change = +19.39
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link
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|votes = 60,018
|votes = 60,018
|percentage = 29.40
|percentage = 29.40
|change =
|change = +20.51
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link
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|votes = 12,279
|votes = 12,279
|percentage = 6.02
|percentage = 6.02
|change =
|change = -26.32
}}
}}


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|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=All India Trinamool Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


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{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Hamidul Rahman]]|votes=74,390|percentage=41.81|change=Winner}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Hamidul Rahman]]|votes=74,390|percentage=41.81|change=+36.99}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Akramul Haque|votes=57,530|percentage=32.34|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Akramul Haque|votes=57,530|percentage=32.34|change=-7.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sajen Ram Singha|votes=15,815|percentage=8.89|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sajen Ram Singha|votes=15,815|percentage=8.89|change=+4.87}}
{{Election box candidate
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
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}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=177,890|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=177,890|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


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In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).
In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).


{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Chopra constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=28|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Chopra| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Chopra constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=28| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606064043/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=28| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 6 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Chopra| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}


{{Election box candidate
{{Election box winning candidate
|party = Independent
|party = Independent
|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
|candidate = [[Hamidul Rahman]]
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|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box gain
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)|Independent
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, [[Deepa Dasmunsi]], campaigned for him.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp |title = Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress ‘soldiers’ | publisher = The Telegraph, 16 April 2011 |access-date = 20 April 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | date=2011-04-16}}</ref> Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp | title = Rebels flattened but give pinpricks | access-date = 4 August 2011 | last = Ghosh| first = Barun| publisher = The Telegraph, 14 May 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | date=2011-05-14}}</ref>
Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, [[Deepa Dasmunsi]], campaigned for him.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110419212447/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 April 2011 |title = Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress ‘soldiers’ | publisher = The Telegraph, 16 April 2011 |access-date = 20 April 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | date=2011-04-16}}</ref> Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102150645/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 November 2012 | title = Rebels flattened but give pinpricks | access-date = 4 August 2011 | last = Ghosh| first = Barun| publisher = The Telegraph, 14 May 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | date=2011-05-14}}</ref>


<small>.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.</small>
<small>.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Anwarul Haque of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Chopra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hamidul Rahaman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp27.htm | title =27 - Chopra Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Anwarul Haque of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Chopra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hamidul Rahaman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001.<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996,<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987.<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp27.htm | title =27 - Chopra Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref> Prior to that the constituency did not exist.


==Lok Sabha Election Results==
===1957-1972===
=== 2024 ===
Abdul Karim Chowdhury of NDF/ Congress won in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> 1971<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> and 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> A. Choudhry of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Mohd. Afaque Choudhury of Congress won the seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Prior to that the constituency did not exist.
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Gopal Lama|votes=133,276|percentage=63.45|change=+2.25%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Raju Bista]]|votes=41,145|percentage=19.59|change=-9.82%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Munish Tamang|votes=25,508|percentage=12.14|change=+6.12%|notes=Left supported}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=NOTA|candidate=None of the Above|votes=4,154|percentage=1.98|change=+1.23%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=Others|votes=5,982|percentage=2.85|change=+0.23%}}
{{Election box majority|votes=92,131|percentage=43.86%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=210,065|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=All India Trinamool Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}Notes: Postal ballot excluded

=== 2019 ===
In the [[2019 Indian general election]], '''[[Amar Singh Rai]]''' of [[All India Trinamool Congress|'''TMC''']] was the leading candidate in [[ Chopra Assembly constituency]] of [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian General election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amar Singh Rai]]
|votes = 94,298
|percentage = 50.6
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Raju Bista]]
|votes = 49,521
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sankar Malakar
|votes = 22,769
|percentage = 12.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Saman Pathak
|votes = 11,403
|percentage = 6.1
|change =

}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 44,777
|percentage = 20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,77,991
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In the [[2014 Indian general election]], '''[[Bhaichung Bhutia]]''' of [[Trinamool Congress|'''TMC''']] was the leading candidate in [[Chopra Assembly constituency]] of [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency]].
{{Election box begin | title= [[2014 Indian general election]] : Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Bhaichung Bhutia]]
|votes = 49,985
|percentage = 31.36
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Saman Pathak
|votes = 48,213
|percentage = 30.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[S. S. Ahluwalia]]
|votes = 27,220
|percentage = 17.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sujay Ghatak
|votes = 24,906
|percentage = 16.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,563
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mahendra P Lama
|votes = 1,309
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Arun Kumar Agarwal
|votes = 1,092
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rabindra Roy Basunia
|votes = 915
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Goutam Bhattacharya
|votes = 843
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kakuli Majumdar (Roy)
|votes = 757
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janasachetan Party
|candidate = Sunil Pandit
|votes = 650
|percentage = 0.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Lalit Singha
|votes = 323
|percentage = 0.21
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,772
|percentage = 1.1%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,57,776
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2009===
In the [[2009 Indian general election]], '''[[Dawa Narbula]]''' of [[Indian National Congress|'''Congress''']] was the leading candidate in [[Chopra Assembly constituency]] of [[Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election]]: Chopra constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Dawa Narbula]]
|votes = 65,274
|percentage = 49.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Jibesh Sarkar
|votes = 49,715
|percentage = 38.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jaswant Singh]]
|votes = 9,441
|percentage = 7.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ram Ganesh Baraik
|votes = 1,574
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Haridas Thakur
|votes = 1,540
|percentage = 1.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Abhijit Majumdar
|votes = 621
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nitu Jai
|votes = 669
|percentage = 0.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Arun Kumar Agarwal
|votes = 656
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Niranjan Saha
|votes = 543
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,559
|percentage = 11.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,30,063
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}


==References==
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[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]
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[[Category:Constituencies established in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in West Bengal]]

Latest revision as of 19:39, 23 December 2024

For other uses, see Chopra (disambiguation).
This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Chopra (community development block).
Chopra
Constituency No. 28 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Chopra Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyDarjeeling
Established1977
Total electors247,764
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 28 Chopra Assembly constituency covers Chopra community development block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur community development block.[1]

Chopra Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party
1977 Bachcha Munsi Communist Party of India
1982
1987 Mohammad Mahamuddin
1991
1996
2001 Hamidul Rahman Independent politician
2006 Anwarul Haque Communist Party of India
2011 Hamidul Rahman Independent politician
2016 Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results

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2021

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In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Md. Shahin Akhtar of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Hamidul Rahman 124,923 61.20 +19.39
BJP Md. Shahin Akhtar 60,018 29.40 +20.51
CPI(M) Anwarul Haque 12,279 6.02 −26.32
AMB Ajoy Kumar Sinha 3,166 1.55
Independent Surojit Kisku 2,193 1.07
NOTA None of the Above 1,531 0.75
Turnout 2,04,110
AITC hold Swing

2016

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In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hamidul Rahman of TMC defeated his nearest rival Akramul Haque of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Hamidul Rahman 74,390 41.81 +36.99
CPI(M) Akramul Haque 57,530 32.34 −7.72
BJP Sajen Ram Singha 15,815 8.89 +4.87
Independent Ashok Roy 15,618 8.78
JDP Sarkar Murmu 4,214 2.37
GJM Naseer Ahmed Khan 3,531 1.98
Independent Dr Md Tabibur Rahman 2,681 1.50
BSP Ruhidas Uraw 1,456 0.82
NOTA None of the Above 2,655 1.49
Turnout 177,890
AITC gain from Independent Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chopra constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hamidul Rahman 64,289 44.62 -0.78
CPI(M) Anwarul Haque 57,719 40.06 −10.90
AITC Sekh Jalaluddin 6,944 4.82
BJP Ashim Chandra Barman 5,793 4.02
Independent Ruhidas Urao 5,377 3.73
Independent Safiya Khatun 2,178 1.51
BSP Joydeb Biswas 178 0.12
Majority 6,570 4.56
Turnout 1,44,084 86.22
Independent gain from CPI(M) Swing

Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for him.[4] Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.[5]

.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections,[6] Anwarul Haque of CPI(M) won the Chopra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hamidul Rahaman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001.[7] Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996,[8] Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991[9] and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987.[10] Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982[11] and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977.[12][13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

Lok Sabha Election Results

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2024

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2024 Indian general election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gopal Lama 133,276 63.45 +2.25%
BJP Raju Bista 41,145 19.59 −9.82%
INC Munish Tamang 25,508 12.14 +6.12%
NOTA None of the Above 4,154 1.98 +1.23%
Others 5,982 2.85 +0.23%
Majority 92,131 43.86%
Turnout 210,065
AITC hold Swing

Notes: Postal ballot excluded

2019

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In the 2019 Indian general election, Amar Singh Rai of TMC was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2019 Indian General election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Amar Singh Rai 94,298 50.6 Winner
BJP Raju Bista 49,521 26.6
INC Sankar Malakar 22,769 12.2
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 11,403 6.1
Majority 44,777 20%
Turnout 1,77,991
BJP hold Swing

2014

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In the 2014 Indian general election, Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2014 Indian general election : Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bhaichung Bhutia 49,985 31.36 Winner
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 48,213 30.24
BJP S. S. Ahluwalia 27,220 17.08
INC Sujay Ghatak 24,906 16.15
NOTA None of the Above 1,563 0.99
Independent Mahendra P Lama 1,309 0.83
Independent Arun Kumar Agarwal 1,092 0.69
Independent Rabindra Roy Basunia 915 0.58
SUCI(C) Goutam Bhattacharya 843 0.53
BSP Kakuli Majumdar (Roy) 757 0.48
RJP Sunil Pandit 650 0.41
BMP Lalit Singha 323 0.21
Majority 1,772 1.1%
Turnout 1,57,776
BJP hold Swing

2009

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In the 2009 Indian general election, Dawa Narbula of Congress was the leading candidate in Chopra Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2009 Indian general election: Chopra constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dawa Narbula 65,274 49.94
CPI(M) Jibesh Sarkar 49,715 38.03
BJP Jaswant Singh 9,441 7.23
Independent Ram Ganesh Baraik 1,574 1.21
BSP Haridas Thakur 1,540 1.18
CPI(ML)L Abhijit Majumdar 621 0.48
Independent Nitu Jai 669 0.52
Independent Arun Kumar Agarwal 656 0.51
AMB Niranjan Saha 543 0.42
Majority 15,559 11.9
Turnout 1,30,063
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chopra. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress 'soldiers'". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 16 April 2011. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ^ Ghosh, Barun (14 May 2011). "Rebels flattened but give pinpricks". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. ^ "27 - Chopra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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