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Chopra — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
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IndiaState West Bengal District Uttar Dinajpur Constituency No 28 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency Darjeeling Electorate (year) 167,108 (2011) Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: চোপড়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 28 Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chopra community development block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur community development block.[1]
Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
2011
In the 2011 election , Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chopra [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Hamidul Rahman 64,289 44.62 -0.78# CPI(M) Anwarul Haque 57,719 40.06 -10.90 Trinamool Congress Sekh Jalaluddin 6,944 4.82 BJP Ashim Chandra Barman 5,793 Independent Ruhidas Urao 5,377 Independent Safiya Khatun 2,178 BSP Joydeb Biswas 178 Turnout 144,084 86.22 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.[5]Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.[6]
.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar Dinajpur district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Indian National Congress 3 
2Trinamool Congress 2 2Independent/ Rebel Congress 1 1Forward Bloc 2 
0Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 2Communist Party of India 0 11977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, 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. Mahamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of Congress in 1996, Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of Congress in 1991 and Shiekh Jalaluddin Ahmad of Congress in 1987. Mahammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of Congress in 1982 and Narayan Chandra Sinha, Independent in 1977.[7]
1957-1972
Abdul Karim Chowdhury of NDF/ Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. A. Choudhry of Congress won in 1967. Mohd. Afaque Choudhury of Congress won the seat in 1962 and 1957. Prior to that the constituency did not exist.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Chopra". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2528.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chopra. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=28. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates, Phase I". West Bengal Assembly Election 2011. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_1st_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ "Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress ‘soldiers’". The Telegraph, 16 April 2011. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Rebels flattened but give pinpricks". The Telegraph, 14 May 2011. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "27 - Chopra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp27.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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