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Murshidabad Assembly constituency

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Murshidabad
Constituency No. 64 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyMurshidabad
Established1951
Total electors268,221
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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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

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Election
Year		 Constituency MLA Party
1951 Murshidabad Durgapada Sinha Indian National Congress[2]
1957[3]
1962 Birendra Narayan Roy Independent[4]
1967 S.K.A. Mirza Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Mohammad 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]
1996 Mazammel 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

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2021

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Murshidabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh 95,967 41.86 Increase29.91
AITC Shaoni Singha Roy 93,476 40.78 Increase6.26
INC Sk. Nejauddin 28,835 12.58 Decrease34.44
NOTA None of the Above 2,904 1.27 Decrease0.2
Majority 2,491 1.08 Decrease11.42
Turnout 2,29,231 85.46 Decrease0.12
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Murshidabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shaoni Singha Roy 94,579 47.02 Increase0.99
AITC Ashim Krishna Bhatta 69,440 34.52 New
BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh 24,031 11.95 Increase5.88
AIFB Bivas Chakraborty 5,066 2.52 Decrease39.63
NOTA None of the Above 2,966 1.47 New
Majority 25,139 12.5 Increase8.62
Turnout 2,01,150 85.58 Decrease1.34
INC hold Swing {{{swing}}}

2011

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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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shaoni Singha Roy 75,441 46.03
AIFB Bibhas Chakraborty 69.089 42.15 −6.83
BJP Ranajit Kumar Das 9,946 6.07
Independent Shyamal Krishna Das 4,495
PDS Md. Kashimuddin Shaikh 2,753
SUCI Gulshenara Iva 2,169
Turnout 163,893 87.11
INC gain from AIFB Swing

.# Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "58 - Murshidabad Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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