Rejinagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Rejinagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 70 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Rejinagar Assembly Constituency | |
| 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
edit| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rejinagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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