According to the 2019 electoral list, there are 221,285 voters and 223 polling stations in this constituency. The turnout was 75.31% in the 2016 Assembly elections
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The Assembly / Vidhan Sabha constituency of Chakulia is located in the Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. It falls under the constituency of Raiganj. It came into being as a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal in 2011 after the implementation of the recommendations of the Boundary Commission of India.
The constituency includes the gram Bazargaon-I and Bazargaon-II panchayats of the Karandighi community development block; and Goalpokhar-II community development block.
According to the 2019 electoral list, there are 221,285 voters and 223 polling stations in this constituency. The turnout was 75.31% in the 2016 Assembly elections.
Results of past elections and winners
In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 2016, Ali Imran Ramz of the All India Forward Bloc retained the Chakulia seat, which he also won in the 2011 Assembly polls.
Ramz was among the leaders who claimed to have been approached by the I-PAC led by Prashant Kishor, who manages the Trinamool congressional campaign ahead of the national elections,
The assembly constituency of Chakulia is home to a total of 3,326,615 people, all of which include the rural pocket.
The Chakulia Assembly constituency is expected to go to the polls in April or May 2021, as part of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.
The West Bengal Assembly ballot will be held to elect a total of 294 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
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