Murshidabad Assembly constituency

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Murshidabad
Constituency No. 64 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Murshidabad Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Murshidabad Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency Murshidabad
Established1951
Total electors268,221
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2021

Murshidabad Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 64 Murshidabad Assembly constituency covers Murshidabad municipality, Jiaganj Azimganj municipality and Murshidabad Jiaganj community development block [1]

Murshidabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyMLAParty
1951 MurshidabadDurgapada Sinha Indian National Congress [2]
1957 [3]
1962 Birendra Narayan Roy Independent [4]
1967 S.K.A. Mirza Indian National Congress [5]
1969Mohammad Idris Ali [6]
1971 [7]
1972 [8]
1977 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc [9]
1982 [10]
1987 Abdul Mannan Hossain Indian National Congress [11]
1991 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc [12]
1996Mazammel Haque Independent [13]
2001 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc [14]
2006 Bivas Chakraborty [15]
2011 Shaoni Singha Roy Indian National Congress [16]
2016 [17]
2021 Gouri Shankar Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Murshidabad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh 95,967 41.86 Increase2.svg29.91
AITC Shaoni Singha Roy93,47640.78Increase2.svg6.26
INC Sheikh Nejauddin28,83512.58Decrease2.svg34.44
NOTA None of the Above 2,9041.27Decrease2.svg0.2
Majority2,4911.08Decrease2.svg11.42
Turnout 2,29,23185.46Decrease2.svg0.12
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Murshidabad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Shaoni Singha Roy 94,579 47.02 Increase2.svg0.99
AITC Ashim Krishna Bhatta69,44034.52New
BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh 24,03111.95Increase2.svg5.88
AIFB Bivas Chakraborty5,0662.52Decrease2.svg39.63
NOTA None of the Above 2,9661.47New
Majority25,13912.5Increase2.svg8.62
Turnout 2,01,15085.58Decrease2.svg1.34
INC hold Swing {{{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 [16] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Shaoni Singha Roy75,44146.03
    AIFB Bibhas Chakraborty69.08942.15−6.83
    BJP Ranajit Kumar Das9,9466.07
    IndependentShyamal Krishna Das4,495
    PDS Md. Kashimuddin Shaikh2,753
    SUCI Gulshenara Iva2,169
    Turnout 163,89387.11
    INC gain from AIFB Swing

    .# Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

    1977–2006

    In the 2006 state assembly elections, [15] 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. [14] Mazammel Haque, Independent, defeated Abdul Ohab Mondal of Congress in 1996, [13] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Asak Ali of Congress in 1991. [12] Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress defeated Madan Mohan Ray, Independent, in 1987. [11] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Dedar Bakshi of ICS in 1982 [10] and Syed Nawab Jani Meerza of Janata Party in 1977. [9] [19]

    1951–1972

    Mohammad Idris Ali of Congress won in 1972, [8] 1971 [7] and 1969. [6] S.K.A.Mirza of Congress won in 1967. [5] Birendra Narayan Ray, Independent, won in 1962. [4] Durgapada Sinha of Congress won in 1957 [3] and in independent India's first election in 1951. [2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
    2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    16. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
    17. ↑ "Cong MLA Shaoni Singh Roy joins TMC in Murshidabad". The Millenium Post. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
    18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Murshidabad. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
    19. ↑ "58 - Murshidabad Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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