<page_title> Chapra, Nadia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) </page_title> <section_title> Members of Legislative Assembly </section_title> <table> <cell> 1951 <col_header> Election Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Chapra <col_header> Constituency </col_header> </cell> <cell> Smarajit Bandopadhyay <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Indian National Congress <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1957 <col_header> Election Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Haringhata <col_header> Constituency </col_header> </cell> <cell> Smarajit Bandopadhyay <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Indian National Congress <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> <cell> Promatha Ranjan Thakur <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Indian National Congress <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> </table>
Smarajit Bandopadhyay and Promatha Ranjan Thakur, both of Congress, won the Haringhata joint seat in 1957 and in the first election in 1951, Smarajit Bandopadhyay of Congress won the Chapra seat.