Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Metiaburuz
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°32′38″N88°16′05″E / 22.5440°N 88.2680°E / 22.5440; 88.2680 Coordinates: 22°32′38″N88°16′05″E / 22.5440°N 88.2680°E / 22.5440; 88.2680
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No	157
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Electorate (year)	182,017 (2011)

Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 157 Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, and 141 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Ward Nos. 1 to 7, 9 and 10 of Maheshtala municipality. ^[1]

Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Metiaburuz	Mumtaz Begum	All India Trinamool Congress [2]

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Metiaburuz constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abdul Khaleque Molla	79,749	49.75	+8.20
	CPI (M)	Monirul Islam	68,773	38.54	-0.04
	BJP	Sanjay Singh	13,259	8.27	+5.90
	NOTA	None of the above	2,755	1.72
	Independent	Ahammad Ali Molla	1,110	0.69
	IUML	Abdul Rahim	939	0.59
	RLD	Bedar Bakht	703	0.44
Majority			10,976	11.21	+8.24
Turnout			160,288	71.66	-13.41
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Metiaburuz constituency ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mumtaz Begum	55,003	41.55
	CPI (M)	Badruddoza Mollah	48,409	38.58
	Independent	Abdul Khaleque Mollah	24,143	18.46
	BJP	Md. Sajjad	3,140	2.37
	IUML	Nisar Ahmed	1,658	1.25
Majority			6,594	2.97
Turnout			132,353	85.07
	AITC win (new seat)

Abdul Khaleque Mollah, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate. ^[4]

References

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Metiaburuz. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
4. "Fair-&-free chant in red and green camps - Congress suspends six more rebel candidates". The Telegraph, 19 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.