| Murarai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 294 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Murarai Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 278,457 (2024) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Murarai Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inBirbhum district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Murarai ICD Block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I andPaikar IIgram panchayats ofMurarai II CD Block.[1]
Murarai Assembly constituency is part of No. 42Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| CPI(M) | |||||
| INC | |||||
| SUCI(C) | |||||
| BSP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mosarraf Hossain | 146,496 | 67.23 |  19.72 | |
| BJP | Debasish Roy | 48,250 | 22.14 | 19.46 | |
| INC | Asif Ekbal | 17,287 | 7.93 |  33.44 | |
| SUCI | Ansarul Saiekh | 1,857 | 0.85 | 0.39 | |
| BSP | Tarak Let | 1,640 | 0.75 | 0.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,509 | 0.69 | 0.16 | |
| Socialist Party (india) | Samsul Miya | 878 | 0.40 | new | |
| Majority | 98,246 | 45.09 | 19.72 | ||
| Turnout | 217,917 | 82.8 | 2.32 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | 19.72 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abdur Rahaman (Liton) | 94,661 | 47.51 | 0.24 | |
| INC | Ali Mortuza Khan | 94,381 | 47.37 | new | |
| BJP | Hayatunninsh Bibi | 5,353 | 2.68 | 0.36 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,689 | 0.85 | ||
| BSP | Belal Sekh | 1,376 | 0.69 | 1.20 | |
| SUCI | Mangal Hemram | 917 | 0.46 | new | |
| RLD | Samshul Miya | 866 | 0.43 | new | |
| Majority | 280 | 0.14 | 0.24 | ||
| Turnout | 199235 | 85.12 | 0.92 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | 0.24 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nure Alam Chowdhury | 77,817 | 47.75 | 44.43 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Qamre Elahi | 73,414 | 45.05 | 2.65 | |
| BJP | Sudhiranjan Das Goswami | 4,961 | 3.04 | new | |
| BSP | Shiblal Sardar | 3,074 | 1.89 | 0.03 | |
| Independent | Md. Ejrail | 2,471 | 1.52 | new | |
| JP | Mir Mukid Hazi Rekib | 1,228 | 0.75 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | 4,403 | 2.70 | 0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 162,965 | 86.06 | 1.34 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 2.62 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr. Qamre Elahi | 61876 | 47.70 | 1.07 | |
| INC | Dr. Motahar Hossain | 57657 | 44.45 | new | |
| AITC | Golam Mujtoba (pintu) | 4314 | 3.32 | 41.54 | |
| Independent | Mangal Hemram | 3375 | 2.60 | new | |
| BSP | Adhir Rabidas | 2494 | 1.92 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | 4219 | 3.25 | 1.07 | ||
| Turnout | 129716 | 87.4 | 7.7 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 1.07 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr. Qamre Elahi | 52186 | 46.63 | 1.87 | |
| AITC | Dr. Motahar Hossain | 50205 | 44.86 | new | |
| BJP | Nanda Kishore Mondal | 4180 | 3.74 | 0.03 | |
| Independent | Rafiqual Hossain | 2734 | 2.44 | new | |
| Party For Democratic Socialism | Durgadas Ghosh | 2605 | 2.33 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | 1981 | 1.77 | 1.87 | ||
| Turnout | 111910 | 79.7 | 6.71 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 1.87 | |||
Dr. Motahar Hossain ofCongress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 andBazle Ahmed of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]
Dr. Motahar Hossain ofCongress won in 1972.Bazle Ahmed ofSUCI won in 1971 and 1969. B.Ahmad, Independent, won in 1967.Shamsuddin Ahammad ofRSP won in 1962. The Murarai seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India's firstelection in 1951 Jogendra Narayan Das ofKMPP won.[6]
