Murshidabad Assembly constituency

Murshidabad
Constituency No. 64 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Murshidabad Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
LS constituency Murshidabad
Established 1952
Total electors 268,221
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2021

Murshidabad 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. 64 Murshidabad Assembly constituency covers Murshidabad municipality, Jiaganj Azimganj municipality and Murshidabad Jiaganj community development block

Murshidabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Murhidabad Durgapada Sinha Indian National Congress
1957 Durgapada Sinha Indian National Congress
1962 Birendra Narayan Roy Independent
1967 S.K.A. Mirza Indian National Congress
1969 Mohammad Idris Ali Indian National Congress
1971 Mohammad Idris Ali Indian National Congress
1972 Mohammad Idris Ali Indian National Congress
1977 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
1982 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
1987 Abdul Mannan Hossain Indian National Congress
1991 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
1996 Mazammel Haque Independent
2001 Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
2006 Bivas Chakraborty All India Forward Bloc
2011 Shaoni Singha Roy Indian National Congress
2016 Shaoni Singha Roy Indian National Congress/All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Gouri Shankar Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Murshidabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh 95,967
AITC Shaoni Singha Roy 93,476
INC Sk. Nejauddin 28,835
Turnout
BJP gain from INC Swing

2011

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
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

In the 2006 state assembly elections, 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. Mazammel Haque, Independent, defeated Abdul Ohab Mondal of Congress in 1996, Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Asak Ali of Congress in 1991. Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress defeated Madan Mohan Ray, Independent, in 1987. Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Dedar Bakshi of ICS in 1982 and Syed Nawab Jani Meerza of Janata Party in 1977.

1951–1972

Mohammad Idris Ali of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. S.K.A.Mirza of Congress won in 1967. Birendra Narayan Ray, Independent, won in 1962. Durgapada Sinha of Congress won in 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.