Jangipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Jangipur
Constituency No. 58 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Jangipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyJangipur
Established1957
Total electors255,072
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Jangipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 58 Jangipur Assembly constituency covers Jangipur municipality, Raghunathganj I community development block and Ahiran and Bansabati gram panchayats of Suti I community development block.[1]

Jangipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency M.L.A. Party affiliation
1957 Jangipur Shyamapada Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Kuber Chand Halder Indian National Congress[2]
1962 Muktipada Chatterjee Indian National Congress[3]
1967 Abdul Haque Independent[4]
1969 Revolutionary Socialist Party[5]
1971 Radaruddin Ahammad Independent[6]
1972 Habibur Rahman Indian National Congress[7]
1977 Indian National Congress[8]
1982 Indian National Congress[9]
1987 Indian National Congress[10]
1991 Abdul Haque Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1996 Habibur Rahman Indian National Congress[12]
2001 Abul Hasnat Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2006 Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2011 Md. Sohrab Indian National Congress[15]
2016 Jakir Hossain All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2021 All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

Jakir Hossain held the seat while Sujit Das of the BJP took second spot from the Left Front-Congress Alliance which only scored 4.57% of the vote.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur[17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jakir Hossain 136,444 68.82 +31.59
BJP Sujit Das 43,964 22.17 +9.23
RSP Jane Alam Mian 9,067 4.57 +4.57
NOTA None of the above 4,557 2.3 +0.71
Majority 92,480 46.65 +35.16
Turnout 1,98,401 77.78
AITC hold Swing +31.59

2016

In the 2016 election, Jakir Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Somnath Singha Ray of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jakir Hossain 66,869 37.23 +37.23
CPI(M) Somnath Singha Ray 46,236 25.75 -16.70
INC Md. Sohrab 34,863 19.41 -27.35
BJP Sudhan Kumar Das 23,240 12.94 +4.90
NOTA None of the above 2,853 1.59
Majority 20,633 11.49 +7.18
Turnout 1,79,758 83.82 -1.74
AITC gain from INC Swing +26.97

2011

In the 2011 election, Mohammad Sohrab of Congress defeated his nearest rival Purnima Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur[15][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Md. Sohrab 68,699 46.76 +8.53
CPI(M) Purnima Bhattacharya 62,363 42.45 -6.40
BJP Anamitra Banerjee 11,804 8.04
SUCI(C) Mirza Nashiruddin 4,038 2.75
Majority 6,336 4.31
Turnout 1,46,905 85.56
INC gain from RSP Swing

.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006. Change noted is based on RSP's vote percentage in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006[14] and 2001[13] state assembly elections Abul Hasnat of RSP won the Jangipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Habibur Rahaman of Congress/ Independent. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Habibur Rahman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1996.[12] Abdul Haque of RSP defeated Habibur Rahaman of Congress in 1991.[11] Habibur Rahaman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1987,[10] Badaruddin Ahmed, Independent, in 1982[9] and Achintya Singha of SUC in 1977.[8][21]

1957–1972

Habibur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972.[7] Radaruddin Ahammad, Independent, won in 1971.[6] Abdul Haque of RSP/Independent won in 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Muktipada Chatterjee of Congress won in 1962.[3] Jangipur was joint seat in 1957. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won.[2]

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  17. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Form 20 - 58 Jangipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jangipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  21. ^ "54 - Jangipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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