Rejinagar Assembly constituency

Rejinagar
Constituency No. 70 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Rejinagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Baharampur
Established	2011
Total electors	259,771
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rabiul Alam Chowdhury
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Rejinagar 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. 70 Rejinagar Assembly constituency covers Beldanga II community development block, and Begunbari, Kapasdanga and Mirjapur I gram panchayats of Beldanga I community development block. ^[1]

Rejinagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Rejinagar	Humayun Kabir	Indian National Congress [2]
2013 Bye election		Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	Indian National Congress [3]

Election results

2013 bye election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress. ^[3]

Bye election, 2013: Rejinagar ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	66,876	39.08	-10.66
	RSP	Sirajul Islam Mondal	55,154	32.23	-11.89
	AITC	Humayun Kabir	40,911	23.9	+23.9
	BJP	Salauddin sk	3,720	2.17	-2.15
	Independent	S	1,295	0.75
	Independent	Seikh Nur Mohammad	1,182
	Independent	Sirajul Islam Mondal	602
	IUML	Jiyaur Rahman	533
	Independent	Kazi Rabiul Islam	447
	Independent	Sirajul Sk	390
Majority
Turnout			1,71,128	84.09
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Humayun Kabir of Congress defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam Mondal of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rejinagar constituency ^{[2] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Humayun Kabir	77,542	49.74
	RSP	Sirajul Islam Mondal	68,781	44.12
	BJP	Arabindu Biswas	6,733	4.32
	JD(U)	Fulchand Sk.	2,831
Turnout			155,887	82.44
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "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. "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
4. "Form 21E Return of Elections" (PDF). 70 Rejinagar Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2013 (Bye election)". Rejinagar (70). Empowering India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rejinagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.