Raninagar Assembly constituency

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Raninagar
Constituency No. 63 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Raninagar Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Raninagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency Murshidabad
Established1957
Total electors256,101
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Raninagar 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. 63 Raninagar Assembly constituency covers Raninagar I community development block, Kalinagar I, Kalinagar II, Malibari I, Malibari II and Raninagar I gram panchayats of Raninagar II community development block and Dhulauri gram panchayat of Domkal community development block. [1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1957 Syed Badruddin Independent politician
1962
2011 Firoza Begam Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Abdul Soumik Hossain All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

In the 2021 election, Abdul Soumik Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Firoza Begam of Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raninagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Abdul Soumik Hossain 134,957 60.79 +27.78
INC Firoza Begam55,25524.89−33.58
BJP Mst. Masuara Khatun21,1389.52+4.42
NOTA None of the above 2,7741.25+0.35
ISF Golam Masum Reja2,7541.24
SDPI Md. Saher Alam1,3930.63
Independent Firoza Bibi8840.40
Independent Hasibul Islam8280.37
BSP Ruliya Parvin5870.26
SUCI(C) Nasrin Naher Lucy5010.23−0.51
Independent Safiur Rahaman Mandal4960.22
Bahujan Maha PartyAbdul Hai8280.11
United Socialist PartySaira Bibi2020.09
Turnout 222,01691.18+6.32
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Firoza Begam of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dr. Humayun Kabir of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Raninagar constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Firoza Begam111,13258.47+12.02
AITC Dr. Humayun Kabir62,75033.01
BJP Basu Basak9,6935.10+3.18
WPOI Golam Mostafa Mondal2,4411.28
NOTA None of the above 1,7150.90
SUCI(C) Manirul Islam1,4050.74
Independent Md. Yearul Islam9460.50
Turnout 190,08284.86−2.98
INC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Firoza Begum of Congress defeated her nearest rival Maksuda Begum of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raninagar constituency [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Firoza Begam76,09246.45
AIFB Maksuda Begum75,00345.79
BJP Dinesh Mondal3,1511.92
IPFB Tapan Kumar Hore2,946
SUCI(C) Abdul Aktar Sarkar2,262
MLKSC Md. Rejaul Haque1,693
IndependentNur Mohammed1,495
IndependentJalauddin Mondal1,169
Turnout 163,81187.84
INC win (new seat)

1957–1962

The Raninagar assembly seat existed for a short period in 1957 [4] and 1962. [5] Syed Badruddin, Independent, won in both the years.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 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". Raninagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.