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
Lok Sabha constituency	Baharampur
Established	2011
Total electors	2,59,771
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rabiul Alam Chowdhury
Party	AITC
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

Year	Name	Party
2011	Humayun Kabir		Indian National Congress
2013^	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury
2016
2021			Trinamool Congress

• ^ denotes by-poll

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	118,494	56.31	48.4
	BJP	Arabinda Biswas	50,226	23.87	18.05
	INC	Kafiruddin Sheikh	37,282	17.72	25.4
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,560	0.74	0.42
Majority			68,268	32.44	29.44
Turnout			2,10,445	81.01	1.26
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	79,770	43.12	4.04
	Independent	Humayun Kabir	74,210	40.12	New
	AITC	Begum Siddika	14,631	7.91	15.99
	BJP	Bankim Karmakar	10,771	5.82	3.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,150	1.16	New
Majority			5,560	3.00	3.85
Turnout			1,84,993	82.27	1.82
	INC hold		Swing

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress. ^[2]

2013 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Rejinagar ^{[3] [4]}

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	Salahuddin Sheikh	3,720	2.17	2.15
Majority			11,722	6.85	1.23
Turnout			1,71,128	84.09	1.65
	INC hold		Swing

2011

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

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Humayun Kabir	77,542	49.74
	RSP	Sirajul Islam Mondal	68,781	44.12
	BJP	Arabinda Biswas	6,733	4.32
	JD(U)	Fulchand Sheikh	2,831
Majority			8,761	5.62
Turnout			1,55,887	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. "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
3. "Form 21E Return of Elections" (PDF). 70 Rejinagar Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2013 (Bye election)". Rejinagar (70). Empowering India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
5. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rejinagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.