Raghunathganj Assembly constituency

Raghunathganj
Constituency No. 59 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Raghunathganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Jangipur
Established	2011
Total electors	249,559
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Akhruzzaman
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 59 Raghunathganj Assembly constituency covers Raghunathganj II community development block, Nurpur gram panchayat of Suti I community development block and Maiya gram panchayat of Lalgola community development block. ^[1]

Raghunathganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 ...Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Raghunathganj	Akhruzzaman	Indian National Congress [2]
2016		Akhruzzaman	Indian National Congress
2021		Akhruzzaman	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Akhruzzaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Golam Modaswer of BJP

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Raghunathganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Akhruzzaman	126,834	66.59	+33.65
	BJP	Golam Modaswer	28,521	14.97	+8.90
	Independent	Nasir Saikh	16,244	8.53
	INC	Abul Kashem Biswas	12,799	6.72	-40.54
	NOTA	None of the above	2,398	1.54	+0.10
	SDPI	Md. Jakir Hossain	1,361	0.71	-0.77
	SUCI(C)	Rabiul Alam	913	0.48	-0.41
	WPI	M A Hannan	868	0.46
Majority			98,313	51.62	+37.30
Turnout			190,478	76.33	-3.52
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Akhruzzaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Kasem Molla of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Raghunathganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Akhruzzaman	78,497	47.26	-3.73
	AITC	Abul Kasem Molla	54,711	32.94
	RSP	Abul Hasnat	16,474	9.92	-30.46
	BJP	Golam Modashbar	10,073	6.07	+3.29
	SDPI	Mojibur Rahaman	2,454	1.48
	NOTA	None of the above	2,396	1.44
	SUCI(C)	Rabiul Alam	1,477	0.89
Majority			23,786	14.32
Turnout			166,082	79.85	-7.09
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Akhruzzaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasnat of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathganj ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Akhruzzaman	74,683	50.99
	RSP	Abul Hasnat	59,143	40.38
	SDPI	Md. Jakir Hossain	6,093	4.16
	BJP	Sougata Singha Roy	4,066	2.78
	SUCI	Rabiul Alam	2,493
Turnout			146,478	86.94
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raghunathganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.