Raninagar Assembly constituency

Raninagar
Raninagar
Constituency No. 63 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Raninagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Murshidabad
Established	1957
Total electors	256,101
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Abdul Soumik Hossain
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Raninagar 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. 63 Raninagar Assembly constituency covers Raninagar I community development block, Kalinagar I, Kalinagar II, Malibari I, Malibari II and Raninagar I gram panchayats of Raninagar II community development block and Dhulauri gram panchayat of Domkal community development block.^[1]

Raninagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Raninagar	Syed Badruddin
1962		Syed Badruddin	Independent^[3]
2011		Firoza Begam	Indian National Congress^[4]
2016		Firoza Begam	Indian National Congress
2021		Abdul Soumik Hossain	All India Trinamool Congress

In the 2021 election, Abdul Soumik Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Firoza Begam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Raninagar constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abdul Soumik Hossain	134,957	60.79	+27.78
	INC	Firoza Begam	55,255	24.89	-33.58
	BJP	Mst. Masuara Khatun	21,138	9.52	+4.42
	NOTA	None of the above	2,774	1.25	+0.35
	ISF	Golam Masum Reja	2,754	1.24
	SDPI	Md. Saher Alam	1,393	0.63
	Independent	Firoza Bibi	884	0.40
	Independent	Hasibul Islam	828	0.37
	BSP	Ruliya Parvin	587	0.26
	SUCI(C)	Nasrin Naher Lucy	501	0.23	-0.51
	Independent	Safiur Rahaman Mandal	496	0.22
	Bahujan Maha Party	Abdul Hai	828	0.11
	United Socialist Party	Saira Bibi	202	0.09
Turnout			222,016	91.18	+6.32
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

In the 2016 election, Firoza Begam of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Dr. Humayun Kabir of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Raninagar constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Firoza Begam	111,132	58.47	+12.02
	AITC	Dr. Humayun Kabir	62,750	33.01
	BJP	Basu Basak	9,693	5.10	+3.18
	WPOI	Golam Mostafa Mondal	2,441	1.28
	NOTA	None of the above	1,715	0.90
	SUCI(C)	Manirul Islam	1,405	0.74
	Independent	Md. Yearul Islam	946	0.50
Turnout			190,082	84.86	-2.98
	INC hold		Swing

In the 2011 election, Firoza Begum of Congress defeated her nearest rival Maksuda Begum of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raninagar constituency^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Firoza Begam	76,092	46.45
	AIFB	Maksuda Begum	75,003	45.79
	BJP	Dinesh Mondal	3,151	1.92
	IPFB	Tapan Kumar Hore	2,946
	SUCI(C)	Abdul Aktar Sarkar	2,262
	MLKSC	Md. Rejaul Haque	1,693
	Independent	Nur Mohammed	1,495
	Independent	Jalauddin Mondal	1,169
Turnout			163,811	87.84
	INC win (new seat)

The Raninagar assembly seat existed for a short period in 1957^[2] and 1962.^[3] Syed Badruddin, Independent, won in both the years.

^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raninagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.