| Bhagabangola | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 62 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Bhagabangola Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Murshidabad |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 263,765 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Bhagabangola Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 62 Bhagwangola Assembly constituency coversBhagwangola IIcommunity development block and Bhagwangola, Habaspur, Hanumantanagar, Kuthirampur, Mahammadpur, Mahisasthali and Sundarpurgram panchayats ofBhagwangola I CD Block.[1]
Bhagwangola Assembly constituency is part of No. 11Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Hafizur Rehman Kazi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Sailendra Nath Adhicary | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | S. Bhattachrya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sailendra Nath Adhicary | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1971 | Md. Samaun Biswas | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Mohammad Deedar Baksh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Kazi Hafizur Rahman | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Syed Nawabjani Meerza | Independent politician | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Abu Sufian Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Mojibor Rahaman | West Bengal Socialist Party | |
| 2006 | Chand Mohammad | ||
| 2011 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| All India Trinamool Congress | |||
| 2016 | Mahasin Ali | Communist Party of India | |
| 2021 | Idris Ali | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2024^ | Reyat Hossain Sarkar | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Reyat Hossain Sarkar | 107,096 | 48.34 | ||
| INC | Anju Begum | 91,479 | 41.29 | New | |
| BJP | Bhaskar Sarkar | 17,288 | 7.8 | ||
| ISF | Md Murshidul Alam | 2,298 | 1.04 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,255 | 0.57 | ||
| Majority | 15,617 | 7.05 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2021 election, Idris Ali of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Md. Kamal Hossain of CPI (M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Idris Ali | 153,795 | 68.05 | ||
| CPI(M) | Md. Kamal Hossain | 47,787 | 21.15 | ||
| BJP | Mehbub Alam | 16,707 | 7.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,396 | 1.50 | ||
| Independent | Md. Mosaraf Hossain | 827 | 0.37 | ||
| BSP | Seikh Rabiul Alam | 784 | 0.35 | ||
| Independent | Syed Imran Ali Meerza | 652 | 0.29 | ||
| IUML | Sk. Rejaul Karim | 617 | 0.27 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Abdul Mabud Nayan | 449 | 0.20 | ||
| Bahujan Maha Party | Mst. Sikha Khatun | 421 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 290 | 0.13 | ||
| United Socialist Party | Ali Hossain | 265 | 0.12 | ||
| Majority | 106,008 | 46.90 | |||
| Turnout | 225,990 | 90.80 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Mahasin Ali of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival, Abu Sufian Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mahasin Ali | 105,037 | 54.39 | ||
| AITC | Abu Sufian Sarkar | 68,732 | 35.59 | ||
| BJP | Mehbub Alam | 5,278 | 2.73 | ||
| Independent | Syed Imran Ali Meerza | 3,457 | 1.79 | ||
| SP | Hajikul Alam | 3,228 | 1.67 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,554 | 1.32 | ||
| IUML | Kamal Pasha | 1,855 | 0.96 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Rahul Amin | 1,039 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Asaduzzaman | 763 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Abdul Matin | 669 | 0.35 | ||
| Independent | Anju Bagum | 510 | 0.26 | ||
| Majority | 36,305 | 18.80 | |||
| Turnout | 193,122 | 85.98 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromSP | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016. Chand Mohammad was the SP candidate in 2011.
In the 2011 election, Chand Mohammad of Samajwadi Party defeated his nearest rival Sagir Hossain of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Chand Mohammad | 62,862 | 38.63 | −7.84# | |
| AITC | Sagir Hossen | 49,528 | 30.43 | −19.40# | |
| Independent | Syed Alamgir | 40,376 | 24.81 | ||
| BJP | Mahebub Alam | 2,638 | |||
| MLKSC | Kamal Pasha | 2,206 | |||
| IJP | Seikh Ajfar Ali | 1,752 | |||
| Independent | Najrul Islam | 1,745 | |||
| Independent | Gazi Rahman | 1,641 | |||
| Turnout | 162,748 | 90.88 | |||
| SPhold | Swing | +11.56# | |||
Syed Alamgir, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, butAdhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.[4]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Chand Mohammad was the WBSP candidate in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5] Chand Mohammad ofWBSP won the 62 Bhagabangola assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abu Sufian Sarkar ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mojibor Rahaman of WBSP defeated Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress in 2001.[6] Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress defeated Syed Nawabjani Meerza ofCPI(M) in 1996.[7] Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M)/Independent defeated Islam Nazrul of Congress in 1991[8] and Mojibur Rahaman of Congress in 1987.[9] Kazi Hafizur Rahman of Congress/ Independent defeated Sailen Adhicary, Independent, in 1982[10] and Sheikh Kazimuddin of CPI(M) in 1977.[11][12]
Mohammad Dedar Baksh of Congress won in 1972.[13] Md. Samaun Biswas, Independent, won in 1971.[14] Sailendra Nath Adhicary ofSSP won in 1969.[15] S. Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1967.[16] Sailendra Nath Adhicary ofPSP won in1962.[17] Hafizur Rehman Kazi of Congress won in1957.[18]