Rejinagar Assembly constituency

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Rejinagar
Constituency No. 70 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Rejinagar Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
LS constituency Baharampur
Established2011
Total electors259,771
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

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

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 70 Rejinagar Assembly constituency covers Beldanga II community development block, and Begunbari, Kapasdanga and Mirjapur I gram panchayats of Beldanga I community development block. [1]

Rejinagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011 RejinagarHumayun KabirIndian National Congress [2]
2013 Bye election Rabiul Alam Chowdhury Indian National Congress [3]

Election results

2013 bye election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress. [3]

Bye election, 2013: Rejinagar [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rabiul Alam Chowdhury 66,876 39.08 −10.66
RSP Sirajul Islam Mondal55,15432.23−11.89
AITC Humayun Kabir40,91123.9+23.9
BJP Salauddin sk3,7202.17−2.15
Independent S1,2950.75
Independent Seikh Nur Mohammad1,182
Independent Sirajul Islam Mondal602
IUML Jiyaur Rahman533
Independent Kazi Rabiul Islam447
Independent Sirajul Sk390
Majority
Turnout 1,71,12884.09
INC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Humayun Kabir of Congress defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam Mondal of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rejinagar constituency [2] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Humayun Kabir77,54249.74
RSP Sirajul Islam Mondal68,78144.12
BJP Arabindu Biswas6,7334.32
JD(U) Fulchand Sk.2,831
Turnout 155,88782.44
INC win (new seat)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. "Form 21E Return of Elections" (PDF). 70 Rejinagar Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2013 (Bye election)". Rejinagar (70). Empowering India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rejinagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)