Rejinagar Assembly constituency
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Rejinagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Rejinagar | |
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Constituency No. 70 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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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 | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs 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
editElection Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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2011 | Rejinagar | Humayun Kabir | Indian National Congress[2] |
2013 Bye election | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | Indian National Congress[3] |
Election results
edit2013 bye election
editThe 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editIn the 2011 election, Humayun Kabir of Congress defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam Mondal of RSP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Form 21E Return of Elections" (PDF). 70 Rejinagar Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2013 (Bye election)". Rejinagar (70). Empowering India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rejinagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.