Within the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Meeting election, Hamidul Rahman of the Trinamool Congress received from the Chopra Meeting seat
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The Meeting/Vidhan Sabha constituency of Chopra (ST) is positioned within the Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. It falls beneath the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.
The constituency has 2,29,640 electors, 225 polling cubicles and covers Chopra neighborhood growth block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur neighborhood growth block.
Previous election outcomes and winners
Hamidul Rahman of the Trinamool Congress received from the Chopra Meeting seat within the 2016 West Bengal Meeting election.
Rahman, who contested as an Impartial candidate, was a insurgent Congress candidate.
He was suspended from the celebration however the Raiganj MP Deepa Dasmunsi campaigned for him.
Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 Meeting elections, Rahman was the one one to win.
The voter turnout within the 2016 Meeting polls in Chopra was 84.77 %.
As per the estimates of 2011 Census, out of whole 3,54,976 inhabitants, 98.37 % is rural and 1.63 % is city.
The Chopra Meeting constituency is anticipated to go to polls in April or Could 2021, as a part of the West Bengal Meeting election 2021.
The West Bengal Meeting polls will likely be held to elect a complete of 294 Members of Legislative Meeting (MLAs).
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