| Raghunathganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 59 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Raghunathganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 249,559 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Raghunathganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 59 Raghunathganj Assembly constituency coversRaghunathganj IIcommunity development block,Nurpurgram panchayat ofSuti I community development block and Maiya gram panchayat ofLalgola community development block.[1]
Raghunathganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 ...Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Akhruzzaman | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
In the 2021 election,Akhruzzaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Golam Modaswer of BJP
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Akhruzzaman | 126,834 | 66.59 | +33.65 | |
| BJP | Golam Modaswer | 28,521 | 14.97 | +8.90 | |
| Independent | Nasir Saikh | 16,244 | 8.53 | ||
| INC | Abul Kashem Biswas | 12,799 | 6.72 | −40.54 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,398 | 1.54 | +0.10 | |
| SDPI | Md. Jakir Hossain | 1,361 | 0.71 | −0.77 | |
| SUCI(C) | Rabiul Alam | 913 | 0.48 | −0.41 | |
| WPI | M A Hannan | 868 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 98,313 | 51.62 | +37.30 | ||
| Turnout | 190,478 | 76.33 | −3.52 | ||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election,Akhruzzaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Kasem Molla of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Akhruzzaman | 78,497 | 47.26 | −3.73 | |
| AITC | Abul Kasem Molla | 54,711 | 32.94 | ||
| RSP | Abul Hasnat | 16,474 | 9.92 | −30.46 | |
| BJP | Golam Modashbar | 10,073 | 6.07 | +3.29 | |
| SDPI | Mojibur Rahaman | 2,454 | 1.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,396 | 1.44 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Rabiul Alam | 1,477 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 23,786 | 14.32 | |||
| Turnout | 166,082 | 79.85 | −7.09 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election,Akhruzzaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasnat of RSP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Akhruzzaman | 74,683 | 50.99 | ||
| RSP | Abul Hasnat | 59,143 | 40.38 | ||
| SDPI | Md. Jakir Hossain | 6,093 | 4.16 | ||
| BJP | Sougata Singha Roy | 4,066 | 2.78 | ||
| SUCI | Rabiul Alam | 2,493 | |||
| Turnout | 146,478 | 86.94 | |||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||