Chanchal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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| Coordinates: 25°23′N 87°59′E | |
| Country | |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Constituency No. | 45 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 7. Maldaha Uttar |
| Electorate (year) | 171,300 (2011)[1] 217,595 (2016)[2] 249,402 (2021)[3] |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 45 Chanchal Assembly constituency covers Chanchal I community development block and Barui, Kusidha, Rashidabad and Tulsihatta gram panchayats of Harishchandrapur I community development block.[4]
Chanchal Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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| 2011 | Chanchal | Asif Mehbub | Indian National Congress[5] |
For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kharba Assembly constituency
In the 2011 election, Asif Mehbub of Congress defeated his nearest rival Anjuman Ara Begum of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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