| Sujapur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 53 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sujapur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Dakshin |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 251,186 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sujapur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMalda district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 53 Sujapur Assembly constituency covers Alipur I, Alipur II, Bamongram Mashimpur, Gayeshbari, Jalalpur, Jalua Badhal, Kalia Chak II, Mozampur, Naoda Jadupur, Silampur I, Silampur II and Sujapurgram panchayats ofKaliachak Icommunity development block.[1]
Sujapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 8Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofMalda (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Manoranjan Mishra | Independent politician | |
| 1962 | Ashadulla Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | Humayoun Chowdhury | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Rubi Noor | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2009^ | Mausam Noor | ||
| 2009^ | Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Isha Khan Choudhury | ||
| 2021 | Muhammad Abdul Ghan|i | All India Trinamool Congress | |
In the 2021 election, Md. Abdul Ghani ofAITC, defeated his nearest rival, Isha Khan Choudhury ofINC[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Muhammad Abdul Ghani | 152,445 | 73.44 | +43.26 | |
| INC | Isha Khan Choudhury | 22,282 | 10.73 | −47.73 | |
| BJP | Sk. Ziauddin | 14,789 | 7.12 | +0.88 | |
| ISF | Md. Nur Islam Sekh | 11,173 | 5.38 | ||
| Independent | Md. Rahim Biswas | 2,321 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,527 | 0.74 | −0.79 | |
| BSP | Rafiqul Islam | 1,461 | 0.70 | +0.44 | |
| PDS | Nasmul Hoque | 546 | 0.26 | +0.00 | |
| Independent | Manjur Alahi Munshi | 454 | 0.22 | +0.05 | |
| Independent | Md. Saidul Hoque | 352 | 0.17 | ||
| Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim | Md. Monirul Hasan | 241 | 0.12 | −0.19 | |
| Turnout | 207,591 | ||||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Isha Khan Chowdhury of INC defeated his nearest rivalAbu Nasar Khan Choudhury of TMC.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Isha Khan Choudhury | 97,332 | 58.46 | +6.71 | |
| AITC | Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury | 50,252 | 30.18 | ||
| BJP | Nandan Kumar Ghosh | 10,393 | 6.24 | +3.68 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,542 | 1.53 | ||
| Independent | Sekh Wased Ali | 1,642 | 0.99 | ||
| Independent | Sadhan Chatterjee | 734 | 0.44 | ||
| Independent | Md. Rajiul Islam | 633 | 0.38 | ||
| Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim | Md. Gul Hasan | 519 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Md. Touhid Sk | 473 | 0.28 | ||
| PDS | Nasmul Hoque | 433 | 0.26 | ||
| BSP | Pulak Gupta | 427 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Manjur Alahi Munshi | 291 | 0.17 | ||
| Independent | Md. Sariful Alam | 247 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Md. Munna Khan | 216 | 0.13 | ||
| JMM | Pankaj Rishi | 210 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | Abdul Karim | 152 | 0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 166,496 | 79.18 | +1.02 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Abu Naser Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sekh Ketabuddin of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury | 70,640 | 52.75 | ||
| CPI(M) | Haji Ketabuddin Sk. | 53,279 | 39.79 | ||
| Muslim League Kerala State Committee | Md. Ezaruddin | 4,788 | 3.58 | ||
| BJP | Tutul Saha | 3,429 | 2.56 | ||
| BSP | Abdur Rouf Ansari | 1,778 | |||
| Turnout | 133,914 | 78.16 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the by-election held in 2009, subsequent to the election of the sitting MLAMausam Noor fromMaldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency), Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury ofCongress won the seat. In an earlier by-election held in the same year, caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Rubi Noor, Mausam Noor of Congress defeated Haji Ketabuddin ofCPI(M).[6][7][8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.
In the2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991, Rubi Noor of Congress won the Suzapur assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Hamidur Rahman of CPI(M) in 2006,[9] Abdur Rauf of CPI(M) in 2001[10] and 1996,[11] and Kowsar Ali of CPI(M) in 1991.[12] Humayoun Chowdhury of Congress defeated Kowsar Ali of CPI(M) in 1987[13] and Mamtaz Begum of CPI(M) in 1982.[14]A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated Habibur of CPI(M) in 1977.[15][16]
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress won in 1972,[17] 1971,[18] 1969[19] and 1967.[20] Ashadulla Choudhury of Congress won in1962.[21] Manoranjan Mishra, Independent, won in1957.[22] Prior to that the Sazapur seat did not exist.
