| Murshidabad | |
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| Constituency No. 64 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Murshidabad Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Murshidabad |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 268,221 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Murshidabad Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 64 Murshidabad Assembly constituency coversMurshidabad municipality,Jiaganj Azimganj municipality andMurshidabad Jiaganjcommunity development block[1]
Murshidabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 11Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Durgapada Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Birendra Narayan Roy | Independent politician | |
| 1967 | S.K.A. Mirza | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Mohammad Idris Ali | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Chhaya Ghosh | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Abdul Mannan Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Chhaya Ghosh | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1996 | Mazammel Haque | Independent politician | |
| 2001 | Chhaya Ghosh | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2006 | Bivas Chakraborty | ||
| 2011 | Shaoni Singha Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Gouri Shankar Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gouri Shankar Ghosh | 95,967 | 41.86 |  29.91 | |
| AITC | Shaoni Singha Roy | 93,476 | 40.78 | 6.26 | |
| INC | Sheikh Nejauddin | 28,835 | 12.58 |  34.44 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,904 | 1.27 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | 2,491 | 1.08 | 11.42 | ||
| Turnout | 2,29,231 | 85.46 | 0.12 | ||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shaoni Singha Roy | 94,579 | 47.02 | 0.99 | |
| AITC | Ashim Krishna Bhatta | 69,440 | 34.52 | New | |
| BJP | Gouri Shankar Ghosh | 24,031 | 11.95 | 5.88 | |
| AIFB | Bivas Chakraborty | 5,066 | 2.52 | 39.63 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,966 | 1.47 | New | |
| Majority | 25,139 | 12.5 | 8.62 | ||
| Turnout | 2,01,150 | 85.58 | 1.34 | ||
| INChold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
In the 2011 election, Shaoni Singha Roy of Congress defeated her nearest rival Bibhas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shaoni Singha Roy | 75,441 | 46.03 | ||
| AIFB | Bibhas Chakraborty | 69.089 | 42.15 | −6.83 | |
| BJP | Ranajit Kumar Das | 9,946 | 6.07 | ||
| Independent | Shyamal Krishna Das | 4,495 | |||
| PDS | Md. Kashimuddin Shaikh | 2,753 | |||
| SUCI | Gulshenara Iva | 2,169 | |||
| Turnout | 163,893 | 87.11 | |||
| INCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
.# Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[4] Bivas Chakraborty ofForward Bloc won the Murshidabad assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Joyanta Roy ofIPFB. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeatedAbdul Mannan Hossain, Independent, in 2001.[5] Mazammel Haque, Independent, defeated Abdul Ohab Mondal ofCongress in 1996,[6] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Asak Ali of Congress in 1991.[7] Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress defeated Madan Mohan Ray, Independent, in 1987.[8] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Dedar Bakshi ofICS in 1982[9] and Syed Nawab Jani Meerza ofJanata Party in 1977.[10][11]
Mohammad Idris Ali of Congress won in 1972,[12] 1971[13] and 1969.[14] S.K.A.Mirza of Congress won in 1967.[15] Birendra Narayan Ray, Independent, won in1962.[16] Durgapada Sinha of Congress won in1957[17] and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[18]
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