Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Murarai মুরারই
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Murarai Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Murarai Murarai (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°27′N87°52′E / 24.450°N 87.867°E / 24.450; 87.867 Coordinates: 24°27′N87°52′E / 24.450°N 87.867°E / 24.450; 87.867
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	294
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	42. Birbhum
Electoral system	First past the post

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Murarai I CD Block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block. ^[1]

Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murarai ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nure Alam Chowdhury	77,817	47.75	-0.03#
	CPI (M)	Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi	73,414	45.05	-2.65
	BJP	Sudhiranjan Das Goswami	4,961	3.04
	BSP	Shiblal Sardar	3,074	1.89
	Independent	Md. Ejrail	2,471
	JP	Mir Mukid Hazi Rekib	1,228
Turnout			162,965	86.06
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+2.62#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi of CPI(M) won the Murarai assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress /Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 and Bazle Ahmed of CPI(M) in 1977. ^[5]

1951–1972

Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress won in 1972. Bazle Ahmed of SUC won in 1971 and 1969. B.Ahmad, Independent, won in 1967. Shamsuddin Ahammad of RSP won in 1962. The Murarai seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Jogendra Narayan Das of KMPP won. ^[6]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
2. "Murarai". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Murarai. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Murarai. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
5. "294 – Murarai Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.