The assembly constituency is
currently held by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Rukbanur Rahman who defeated Shamsul Islam Mollah of Communist
Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) in 2016. The seat, one of West
Bengal’s 294 assembly constituencies, falls under the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

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The Krishnanagar
Lok Sabha constituency is currently held by Mahua
Moitra of TMC, who defeated Kalyan Chaubey of Bhartiya Janata Party.

The Chapra
assembly constituency is an
unreserved seat. It had been a CPM stronghold from 1977 to 2011. From 2001 to
2011, the seat was held by CPM’s Shamsul Islam Mollah, who was defeated in the
2016 election by TMC’s Rukbanur Rahman

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Here are a few details about
the Chapra
assembly seat

Name of the assembly
constituency, district: Chapra, Nadia district

Lok Sabha constituency: Krishnanagar

Polling date: April 22

2016 candidates: Rukbanur
Rahman (TMC), Shamsul Islam Mollah (CPM)

2021 candidates: NA

Sitting MLA, party: Rukbanur
Rahman (TMC)

Winning margin in 2016: 13,463
votes (7.18%)

Runner up name, party:
Shamsul Islam Mollah (CPM)

Number of voters in 2016:
187,443

Percentage of votes polled
in 2016: 85.25%

Number of women voters in
2016: 93,189

Number of polling booths in 2015:
279