Raninagar Assembly constituency

Raninagar
Constituency No. 63 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyMurshidabad
Established1957
Total electors256,101
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Raninagar 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. 63 Raninagar Assembly constituency covers Raninagar I community development block, Kalinagar I, Kalinagar II, Malibari I, Malibari II and Raninagar I gram panchayats of Raninagar II community development block and Dhulauri gram panchayat of Domkal community development block.[1]

Raninagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1957 Raninagar Syed Badruddin
1962 Syed Badruddin Independent[3]
2011 Firoza Begam Indian National Congress[4]
2016 Firoza Begam Indian National Congress
2021 Abdul Soumik Hossain All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

In the 2021 election, Abdul Soumik Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Firoza Begam of Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raninagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abdul Soumik Hossain 134,957 60.79 +27.78
INC Firoza Begam 55,255 24.89 −33.58
BJP Mst. Masuara Khatun 21,138 9.52 +4.42
NOTA None of the above 2,774 1.25 +0.35
ISF Golam Masum Reja 2,754 1.24
SDPI Md. Saher Alam 1,393 0.63
Independent Firoza Bibi 884 0.40
Independent Hasibul Islam 828 0.37
BSP Ruliya Parvin 587 0.26
SUCI(C) Nasrin Naher Lucy 501 0.23 −0.51
Independent Safiur Rahaman Mandal 496 0.22
Bahujan Maha Party Abdul Hai 828 0.11
United Socialist Party Saira Bibi 202 0.09
Turnout 222,016 91.18 +6.32
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Firoza Begam of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dr. Humayun Kabir of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Raninagar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Firoza Begam 111,132 58.47 +12.02
AITC Dr. Humayun Kabir 62,750 33.01
BJP Basu Basak 9,693 5.10 +3.18
WPOI Golam Mostafa Mondal 2,441 1.28
NOTA None of the above 1,715 0.90
SUCI(C) Manirul Islam 1,405 0.74
Independent Md. Yearul Islam 946 0.50
Turnout 190,082 84.86 −2.98
INC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Firoza Begum of Congress defeated her nearest rival Maksuda Begum of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raninagar constituency[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Firoza Begam 76,092 46.45
AIFB Maksuda Begum 75,003 45.79
BJP Dinesh Mondal 3,151 1.92
IPFB Tapan Kumar Hore 2,946
SUCI(C) Abdul Aktar Sarkar 2,262
MLKSC Md. Rejaul Haque 1,693
Independent Nur Mohammed 1,495
Independent Jalauddin Mondal 1,169
Turnout 163,811 87.84
INC win (new seat)

1957–1962

The Raninagar assembly seat existed for a short period in 1957[2] and 1962.[3] Syed Badruddin, Independent, won in both the years.

References

  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, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raninagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)