Mothabari Assembly constituency

This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake village, see Mathabari.
Mothabari
Constituency No. 52 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Mothabari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
LS constituencyMaldaha Dakshin
Established2011
Total electors196,324
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 52 Mothabari Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak II community development block, and Alinagar and Kaliachak I gram panchayats of Kaliachak I community development block.[1]

Mothabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Mothabari Sabina Yasmin Indian National Congress[2]
2016 Sabina Yasmin Indian National Congress
2021 Sabina Yasmin All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Sabina Yasmin of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Shyam Chand Ghosh of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Mothabari constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sabina Yasmin 97,397 59.70 +36.53
BJP Shyam Chand Ghosh 40,824 25.02 +4.55
INC Dulal Sk. 16,903 10.36 −41.42
ISF Md. Ali Kalimullah (Nur Hoque) 3,585 2.20
NOTA None of the above 2,139 1.31 −0.28
Independent Subodh Sarkar 566 0.35
KPPU Mst. Aktari Khatun 556 0.34
Independent Saidur Rahaman 495 0.30
CPI(ML)L Md. Ebrahim 300 0.18
IUML Md. Faruque Hossain (Sahityaratna) 195 0.12
Independent Ramchandra Chowdhuri 183 0.11
Turnout 163,143 83.10 +2.97
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Md. Najrul Islam of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mothabari constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sabina Yasmin 69,089 51.78 +7.67
AITC Md. Najrul Islam 30,915 23.17
BJP Shyam Chand Ghosh 27,309 20.47 +14.58
NOTA None of the above 1,859 1.59
BSP Dinesh Kumar Jaju 1,123 0.84
Independent Anharul Haque 1,061 0.80
SS Prem Kumar Ghosh 905 0.68
Independent Shyama Pada Saha 584 0.44
Hindustan Krantikari Dal Saiyad Samser 578 0.43
Turnout 133,423 80.13 +0.39
INC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival Naimuddin Sheikh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mothabari constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sabina Yasmin 47,466 44.11
CPI(M) Naimuddin Sheikh 41,446 38.52
Independent Shehnaz Quadery 8,505 7.90
BJP Nandan Kumar Ghosh 6,340 5.89
Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League Md. Faruque Hossain 1,738
BSP Firoj Akhtar 1,070
CPI(ML)L Rajab Ali 1,034
Turnout 107,599 79.74
INC win (new seat)

The Independent candidate, Shehnaz Quadery, was a rebel candidate from the family of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury. Although her name was proposed by the local Congress, she was refused a ticket by the Congress high command.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.