| Rejinagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 70 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Rejinagar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Baharampur |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 2,59,771 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Rejinagar Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 70 Rejinagar Assembly constituency coversBeldanga IIcommunity development block, and Begunbari, Kapasdanga and Mirjapur Igram panchayats ofBeldanga I community development block.[1]
Rejinagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 10Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Humayun Kabir | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013^ | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | 118,494 | 56.31 | ||
| BJP | Arabinda Biswas | 50,226 | 23.87 | ||
| INC | Kafiruddin Sheikh | 37,282 | 17.72 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,560 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 68,268 | 32.44 | |||
| Turnout | 2,10,445 | 81.01 | |||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | 79,770 | 43.12 | ||
| Independent | Humayun Kabir | 74,210 | 40.12 | New | |
| AITC | Begum Siddika | 14,631 | 7.91 | ||
| BJP | Bankim Karmakar | 10,771 | 5.82 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,150 | 1.16 | New | |
| Majority | 5,560 | 3.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,993 | 82.27 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | 66,876 | 39.08 | ||
| RSP | Sirajul Islam Mondal | 55,154 | 32.23 | ||
| AITC | Humayun Kabir | 40,911 | 23.9 | ||
| BJP | Salahuddin Sheikh | 3,720 | 2.17 | ||
| Majority | 11,722 | 6.85 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,128 | 84.09 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Humayun Kabir of Congress defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam Mondal of RSP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Humayun Kabir | 77,542 | 49.74 | ||
| RSP | Sirajul Islam Mondal | 68,781 | 44.12 | ||
| BJP | Arabinda Biswas | 6,733 | 4.32 | ||
| JD(U) | Fulchand Sheikh | 2,831 | |||
| Majority | 8,761 | 5.62 | |||
| Turnout | 1,55,887 | 82.44 | |||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||