Jalangi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalangi
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jalangi Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Jalangi Jalangi (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°08′N88°43′E / 24.133°N 88.717°E / 24.133; 88.717 Coordinates: 24°08′N88°43′E / 24.133°N 88.717°E / 24.133; 88.717
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Constituency No	76
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	11. Murshidabad
Electorate (year)	192,844 (2011) [1] 228,358 (2016) [2] 261,258 (2021) [3]
Government
•  MLA	Abdur Razzak
• Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Jalangi (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. 76 Jalangi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Jalangi community development block, and Katlamari I, Katlamari II, Rajapur and Raninagar II gram panchayats of Raninagar II community development block. ^[4]

Jalangi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Jalangi	A.M.A. Zaman	Indian National Congress [5]
1957		Golam Soleman	Indian National Congress [6]
1962		Abdul Bari Moktar	Independent [7]
1967		Azizur Rahman	Indian National Congress [8]
1969		Azizur Rahman	Indian National Congress [9]
1971		Prafulla Kumar Sarkar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh [10]
1972		Prafulla Kumar Sarkar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh [11]
1977		Atahar Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1982		Atahar Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1987		Atahar Rahman	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1991		Unus Ali Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1996		Unus Ali Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2001		Unus Ali Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2006		Unus Ali Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2011		Abdur Razzak	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
2016		Abdur Razzak	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Abdur Razzak of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Saiful Islam Molla of CPI (M).

West Bengal assembly elections,2021: Jalangi constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abdur Razzak	123,840	55.74	+18.68
	CPI (M)	Saiful Islam Molla	44,564	20.06	-30.19
	BJP	Chandan Mandal	43,773	19.70	+12.36
	Independent	Rafika Sultana	4,189	1.89
	NOTA	None of the above	2,551	1.15	-0.13
	AIMIM	Alsokuat Jaman	1,338	0.60
	Independent	Nabendu Kumar Mondal	729	0.33
	AMB	Subir Kumar Sarkar	388	0.17
	BMP	Md. Abdul Hamid	277	0.12
	SUCI(C)	Enamul Haque	264	0.12
	Justice and Development Party	Sariful Mondal	254	0.11
Turnout			222,167
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Abdur Razzak of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Alok Das of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Jalangi constituency ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Abdur Razzak	96,250	50.25	+0.70
	AITC	Alok Das	70,983	37.06	+9.54
	BJP	Chandan Mondal	14,050	7.34	+2.80
	NOTA	None of the above	2,445	1.28	+1.28
Turnout			1,91,526	83.87	-5.23
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Abdur Razzak of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Idris Ali of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jalangi constituency ^{[19] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Abdur Razzak	85,144	49.55	-1.61
	AITC	Idris Ali	47,283	27.52	-18.72#
	Independent	Samsuzzoha Biswas	25,834	15.03
	BJP	Naba Kumar Sarkar	7,796	4.54
	MLKSC	Abdul Haque Mondal	1,639
	Independent	Hashim Biswas	1,616
	BSP	Manindranath Sarkar	1,119
	JD(U)	Sirajul Shah	889
	AMB	Jogesh Chandra Sarkar	514
Turnout			171,834	89.1
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	+17.11#

Samsuzzoha Biswas, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate supported by the Baharampur MP, Adhir Chowdhury. ^[22]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Unus Ali Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Jalangi assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Subrata Saha of Congress in 2006 ^[18] and 2001, ^[17] Samsuzzoha Biswas of Congress in 1996, ^[16] and Ranjit Haldar of Congress in 1991. ^[15] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Atahar Rahman of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Bari Biswas of Congress in 1987, ^[14] Azizur Rahman of ICS in 1982, ^[13] and Ranjit Kumar Haldar, Independent in 1977. ^{[12] [23]}

1951–1972

Prafulla Kumar Sarkar of Bharatiya Jana Sangh won in 1972 ^[11] and 1971. ^[10] Azizur Rahman of Congress won in 1969 ^[9] and 1967. ^[8] Abdul Bari Moktar, Independent, won in 1962. ^[7] Golam Soleman of Congress won in 1957. ^[6] In independent India's first election in 1951, A.M.A.Zaman of Congress won the Jalangi seat. ^[5]

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