Jangipur | |
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Constituency No. 58 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Murshidabad |
Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 255,072 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Jangipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 58 Jangipur Assembly constituency covers Jangipur municipality, Raghunathganj I community development block and Ahiran and Bansabati gram panchayats of Suti I community development block. [1]
Jangipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]
Year | Member | Party | |
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1957 | Shyamapada Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | Kuber Chand Halder | ||
1962 | Muktipada Chatterjee | ||
1967 | Abdul Haque | Independent | |
1969 | Revolutionary Socialist Party | ||
1971 | Radaruddin Ahammad | Independent | |
1972 | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | |||
1982 | |||
1987 | |||
1991 | Abdul Haque | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
1996 | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
2001 | Abul Hasnat | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
2006 | |||
2011 | Md. Sohrab | Indian National Congress | |
2016 | Jakir Hossain | Trinamool Congress | |
2021 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Jakir Hossain | 106,444 | 58.82 | +21.59 | |
BJP | Sujit Das | 43,964 | 22.17 | +4.23 | |
RSP | Jane Alam Mian | 39,067 | 16.71 | +16.71 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 4,557 | 2.3 | +0.71 | |
Majority | 92,480 | 46.65 | +35.16 | ||
Turnout | 1,98,401 | 77.78 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | +31.59 |
In the 2016 election, Jakir Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Somnath Singha Ray of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Jakir Hossain | 66,869 | 37.23 | +37.23 | |
CPI(M) | Somnath Singha Ray | 46,236 | 25.75 | −16.70 | |
INC | Md. Sohrab | 34,863 | 19.41 | −27.35 | |
BJP | Sudhan Kumar Das | 23,240 | 12.94 | +4.90 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,853 | 1.59 | ||
Majority | 20,633 | 11.49 | +7.18 | ||
Turnout | 1,79,758 | 83.82 | −1.74 | ||
AITC gain from INC | Swing | +26.97 |
In the 2011 election, Mohammad Sohrab of Congress defeated his nearest rival Purnima Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Md. Sohrab | 68,699 | 46.76 | +8.53 | |
CPI(M) | Purnima Bhattacharya | 62,363 | 42.45 | −6.40 | |
BJP | Anamitra Banerjee | 11,804 | 8.04 | ||
SUCI(C) | Mirza Nashiruddin | 4,038 | 2.75 | ||
Majority | 6,336 | 4.31 | |||
Turnout | 1,46,905 | 85.56 | |||
INC gain from RSP | Swing |
.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006. Change noted is based on RSP's vote percentage in 2006.
In the 2006 [7] and 2001 [8] state assembly elections Abul Hasnat of RSP won the Jangipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Habibur Rahaman of Congress/ Independent. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Habibur Rahman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1996. [9] Abdul Haque of RSP defeated Habibur Rahaman of Congress in 1991. [10] Habibur Rahaman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1987, [11] Badaruddin Ahmed, Independent, in 1982 [12] and Achintya Singha of SUC in 1977. [13] [14]
Habibur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972. [15] Radaruddin Ahammad, Independent, won in 1971. [16] Abdul Haque of RSP/Independent won in 1969 [17] and 1967. [18] Muktipada Chatterjee of Congress won in 1962. [19] Jangipur was joint seat in 1957. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won. [20]