Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Murshidabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Murshidabad Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Murshidabad Murshidabad (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°11′N88°16′E / 24.183°N 88.267°E / 24.183; 88.267 Coordinates: 24°11′N88°16′E / 24.183°N 88.267°E / 24.183; 88.267
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Constituency No	64
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	11. Murshidabad
Electorate (year)	188,558 (2011) [1] 235,052 (2016) [2] 268,221 (2021) [3]
Government
•  MLA	Gouri Shankar Ghosh
• Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Murshidabad (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. 64 Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Murshidabad municipality, Jiaganj Azimganj municipality and Murshidabad Jiaganj community development block ^[4]

Murshidabad (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	Murhidabad	Durgapada Sinha	Indian National Congress [5]
1957		Durgapada Sinha	Indian National Congress [6]
1962		Birendra Narayan Roy	Independent [7]
1967		S.K.A. Mirza	Indian National Congress [8]
1969		Mohammad Idris Ali	Indian National Congress [9]
1971		Mohammad Idris Ali	Indian National Congress [10]
1972		Mohammad Idris Ali	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Chhaya Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [12]
1982		Chhaya Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [13]
1987		Abdul Mannan Hossain	Indian National Congress [14]
1991		Chhaya Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [15]
1996		Mazammel Haque	Independent [16]
2001		Chhaya Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc [17]
2006		Bivas Chakraborty	All India Forward Bloc [18]
2011		Shaoni Singha Roy	Indian National Congress [19]
2016		Shaoni Singha Roy	Indian National Congress/All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Gouri Shankar Ghosh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Murshidabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Ghosh	95,967
	AITC	Shaoni Singha Roy	93,476
	INC	Sk. Nejauddin	28,835
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Shaoni Singha Roy of Congress defeated her nearest rival Bibhas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murshidabad constituency ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shaoni Singha Roy	75,441	46.03	#
	AIFB	Bibhas Chakraborty	69.089	42.15	-6.83
	BJP	Ranajit Kumar Das	9,946	6.07
	Independent	Shyamal Krishna Das	4,495
	PDS	Md. Kashimuddin Shaikh	2,753
	SUCI	Gulshenara Iva	2,169
Turnout			163,893	87.11
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing

.# Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[18] Bivas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc won the Murshidabad assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Joyanta Roy of IPFB. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Abdul Mannan Hossain, Independent, in 2001. ^[17] Mazammel Haque, Independent, defeated Abdul Ohab Mondal of Congress in 1996, ^[16] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Asak Ali of Congress in 1991. ^[15] Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress defeated Madan Mohan Ray, Independent, in 1987. ^[14] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Dedar Bakshi of ICS in 1982 ^[13] and Syed Nawab Jani Meerza of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[12] [21]}

1951–1972

Mohammad Idris Ali of Congress won in 1972, ^[11] 1971 ^[10] and 1969. ^[9] S.K.A.Mirza of Congress won in 1967. ^[8] Birendra Narayan Ray, Independent, won in 1962. ^[7] Durgapada Sinha of Congress won in 1957 ^[6] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[5]

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