Malatipur Assembly constituency

Malatipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Malatipur
Constituency No. 47 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Malatipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Uttar
Established	2011
Total electors	231,907
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Abdur Rahim Boxi
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

Malatipur Assembly constituency consists of 209 booths (parts) among which 144 parts (From part no.1 to part no.144) fall under Chanchal-II Development Block and the rest belongs to Ratua II Development Block.^[1] As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 47 Malatipur Assembly constituency covers Chanchal II community development block and Maharajpur, Peerganj, Sreepur I and Sreepur II gram panchayats of Ratua II community development block.^[2]

Malatipur Assembly constituency is part of 7. Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Malatipur	Abdur Rahim Boxi	Revolutionary Socialist Party[3]
2016		Alberuni Zulkarnain	Indian National Congress
2021		Abdur Rahim Boxi	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Malatipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abdur Rahim Boxi	126,157	68.00
	BJP	Mausumi Das	34,208	18.00
	INC	Alberuni Zulkarnein	19,827	11.00
	NOTA	None of the above	2,034	1.00
	AIMIM	Motiur Rahaman	1,643	1.00
	BSP	Md. Kamrul Hoda	1,023	1.00
	BMP	Golam Faruque	592	<1.00
Majority			91,949
Turnout
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Alberuni Zulkarnain of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdur Rahim Boxi of Revolutionary Socialist Party (India).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Malatipur constituency^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alberuni Zulkarnain	50,643	32.27
	RSP	Abdur Rahim Boxi	48,043	30.61	−12.57
	AITC	Dr. Md. Moazzem Hossain	39,947	25.45	+12.1
	BJP	Saumitra Sarkar	12,941	8.25	+5.04
	NOTA	None of the above	3,306	2.11
	BSP	Chaitanya Rabidas	2,059	1.31	−0.15
Turnout			156,939	80.41	−3.2
	INC gain from RSP		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Abdur Rahim Boxi of RSP defeated his nearest rival Al-beruni (Independent).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Malatipur constituency^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Abdur Rahim Boxi	54,794	43.18
	Independent	Al-Beruni	48,093	37.90
	AITC	Gautam Chakraborti	15,674	12.35
	BJP	Harendra Nath Paul	4,070	3.21
	BSP	Tahida Khatun	1,853
	Independent	Abdul Khaleque	1,652
Turnout			126,889	83.61

Al-Beruni, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a Congress Zilla Parishad member.^[6]

References

1. eci.nic.in
2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Malatipur. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Malatipur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
6. "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.