Domkal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Domkal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Domkal Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Domkal Domkal (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°08′28″N88°31′43″E / 24.14111°N 88.52861°E / 24.14111; 88.52861 Coordinates: 24°08′28″N88°31′43″E / 24.14111°N 88.52861°E / 24.14111; 88.52861
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Constituency No	75
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	11. Murshidabad
Electorate (year)	193,299 (2011)
Government
•  MLA	Jafikul Islam
• Party	All India Trinamool Congress

Domkal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 75 Domkal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Ajimganjgola, Bhagirathpur, Domkal, Garaimari, Garibpur, Ghoramara, Jitpur, Juginda, Juranpur, Madhurkul, Raipur and Sarangpur gram panchayats of Domkal community development block. ^[1]

Domkal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Domkal	Md. Abdul Bari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [2]
1969		Ekramul Hoque Biswas	Indian National Congress [3]
1971		Md. Abdul Bari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1972		Ekramul Hoque Biswas	Indian National Congress [5]
1977		Md Abdul Bari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1982		Md Abdul Bari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1987		Md Abdul Bari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1991		Anisur Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1996		Anisur Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
2001		Anisur Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2006		Anisur Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2011		Anisur Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2016		Anisur Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Jafikul Islam of AITC defeated his nearest rival Md. Mostafijur Rahaman of CPI (M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Domkal constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Jafikul Islam	127,671	56.45	+23.38
	CPI (M)	Md. Mostafijur Rahaman (Rana)	80,442	35.57	-1.02
	BJP	Biyamma Mondal (Rubia)	12,348	5.46	+3.09
	NOTA	None of the above	2,419	1.07	+0.26
	Independent	Iman Ali Biswas	729	0.32
	Justice and Development Party	Amir Sohail	679	0.30
	Independent	Md. Jewel Mondal	612	0.27
	IUML	Hikmat Ali	521	0.23
	Independent	Ayenul Haque	469	0.21
	SUCI(C)	Samsuzzaman (Kajal)	293	0.13
Turnout			226,183
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Anisur Rahman of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Soumik Hossain of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Domkal constituency ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Anisur Rahaman	71,703	36.59	-10.63
	AITC	Soumik Hossain	64,813	33.07	+33.07
	INC	Abdur Rahaman Sekh	46,294	23.62	-21.83
	BJP	Nanda Dulal Pal	4,652	2.37	+1.09
	Independent	Abdur Rahaman Mandal	1,756	0.90
	NOTA	None of the above	1,580	0.81	+0.81
Turnout			1,95,962	83.80	-5.83
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

Note- In this Domkal (Vidhan Sabha constituency), seat sharing did not happen between the Left Front and Indian National Congress.

2011

In the 2011 election, Anisur Rahman of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Soumik Hossain of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Domkal constituency ^{[13] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Anisur Rahaman	81,812	47.22	-4.66
	INC	Soumik Hossain	78,737	45.45	+0.66
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Siddiqulah Chowdhury	4,922	2.84
	BJP	Santosh Mondal	2,215	1.28
	SUCI(C)	Md. Baijid Hossain	1,619
	MLKSC	Md. Salauddin	1,363
	Independent	Dipesh Sarkar	1,282
	BSP	Subodh Kumar Halder	864
	Independent	Apurba Sarkar	440
Turnout			173,254	89.63
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-5.21

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Anisur Rahman of CPI(M) won the Domkal assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rejaul Karim of Congress in 2006 ^[12] and 2001, ^[11] Sadeque Reza of Congress in 1996 ^[10] and Sarker Mokter Hossain in 1991. ^[9] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md Abdul Bari of CPI(M) defeated Ekramul Hoque Biswas of Congress in 1987, ^[8] A.K.M.Hazekul Alam of IUML in 1982 ^[7] and Ekramul Hoque Biswas of Congress in 1977. ^{[6] [16]}

1967–1972

Ekramul Hoque Biswas of Congress won in 1972. ^[5] Md. Abdul Bari of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[4] Ekramul Hoque Biswas of Congress won in 1969. ^[3] Md. Abdul Bari of CPI(M) won in 1967. ^[2] Prior to that the Domkal seat was not there.

References

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