How many candidates are contesting from Chakulia?

14 candidates are contesting from Chakulia constituency in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Election.

Which candidates have criminal cases in Chakulia?

1 out of 14 candidates in Chakulia have declared pending criminal cases in their ECI affidavits.

Who is the wealthiest candidate in Chakulia?

Manoj Kumar Jain has declared the highest assets of ₹11.18 Crore in their ECI affidavit.

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ChakuliaChakulia

Uttar Dinajpur·Assembly #31

Compare All 14 Candidates

Candidates

With Cases

Incumbent

Key Candidates to Watch

5 highlighted

Azad Minhajul Arfin

5y in office

Manoj Kumar Jain

₹11.18 Cr

Ali Imran Ramz

Pending cases declared

Abai Dullah

Graduate

Goutam Paul

Graduate

Constituency Insights

Candidates with criminal cases1 / 14 (7%)

Based on self-declared ECI affidavits

Women candidates0 / 14 (0%)

Asset distribution

Avg: ₹1.29 CrMedian: ₹26.73 L

Education breakdown

Data completeness: 98%

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Did You Know?

8 facts

Wealthiest: Manoj Kumar Jain

Declared assets of ₹11.18 Cr — 8.7× the average

8 pending cases

Ali Imran Ramz has declared the highest number of pending criminal cases in this constituency

93% have zero criminal cases

13 out of 14 candidates have declared no pending cases

Youngest: Md Tauquir Raza

Only 28 years old

Most experienced: Manoj Kumar Jain

58 years old — bringing decades of experience

1 incumbent seeking re-election

Azad Minhajul Arfin is the sitting MLA

High wealth gap among candidates

Average assets (₹1.29 Cr) are 4.8× the median (₹26.73 L)

9 parties contesting

14 candidates from 9 different parties and groups

All Candidates

Azad Minhajul Arfin

TMCIncumbent

Graduate

No cases

₹52.28 L

Farmer

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Manoj Kumar Jain

BJP

Graduate

No cases

₹11.18 Cr

Wholesale and Retail Trading of Consumer Electronic Goods

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Abai Dullah

SUCI(C)

Graduate

No cases

₹85.08 L

Businessman

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Ali Imran Ramz

INC

Graduate Professional

8 cases

₹3.38 Cr

Self Cultivation and Legal Practice

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Goutam Paul

BSP

Graduate

No cases

₹39.88 L

Business

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Abul Kashim

IIND

8th Pass

No cases

₹5.13 L

Farmer

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Md Saifuddin

IIND

8th Pass

No cases

₹8.34 L

Farmer

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Sukhen Kumar Singha

NNBPP

Graduate

No cases

₹36.28 L

Assistant Teacher(Nichamari F.P. School)

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Md Tauquir Raza

IIND

Illiterate

No cases

₹5.13 L

Farmer

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Md. Yamin Akhtar

IIND

10th Pass

No cases

₹9.35 L

Business(Sale Of Clothes)

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Md Aslam

IIND

Illiterate

No cases

₹8.66 L

Business(Cloth Stiching)

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MD MOSA

IIND

Not declared

No cases

₹7.86 L

Business(Seed Selling Business)

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Md Feroz Akhtar

AAJUP

Graduate Professional

No cases

₹75.70 L

Advocate

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Mohafejul Islam

AIFB

Others

No cases

₹17.18 L

Assistant Teacher(Bijulia FP School)

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Data sourced from ECI affidavits. All figures are self-declared by candidates.