Mothabari Assembly constituency

This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake village, see Mathabari.

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

Mothabari
Constituency No. 52 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Mothabari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Dakshin
Established	2011
Total electors	196,324
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sabina Yeasmin
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 52 Mothabari Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak II community development block, and Alinagar and Kaliachak I gram panchayats of Kaliachak I community development block.^[1]

Mothabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Mothabari	Sabina Yasmin	Indian National Congress[2]
2016		Sabina Yasmin	Indian National Congress
2021		Sabina Yasmin	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Sabina Yasmin of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Shyam Chand Ghosh of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Mothabari constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sabina Yasmin	97,397	59.70	+36.53
	BJP	Shyam Chand Ghosh	40,824	25.02	+4.55
	INC	Dulal Sk.	16,903	10.36	−41.42
	ISF	Md. Ali Kalimullah (Nur Hoque)	3,585	2.20
	NOTA	None of the above	2,139	1.31	−0.28
	Independent	Subodh Sarkar	566	0.35
	KPPU	Mst. Aktari Khatun	556	0.34
	Independent	Saidur Rahaman	495	0.30
	CPI(ML)L	Md. Ebrahim	300	0.18
	IUML	Md. Faruque Hossain (Sahityaratna)	195	0.12
	Independent	Ramchandra Chowdhuri	183	0.11
Turnout			163,143	83.10	+2.97
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Md. Najrul Islam of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mothabari constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sabina Yasmin	69,089	51.78	+7.67
	AITC	Md. Najrul Islam	30,915	23.17
	BJP	Shyam Chand Ghosh	27,309	20.47	+14.58
	NOTA	None of the above	1,859	1.59
	BSP	Dinesh Kumar Jaju	1,123	0.84
	Independent	Anharul Haque	1,061	0.80
	SS	Prem Kumar Ghosh	905	0.68
	Independent	Shyama Pada Saha	584	0.44
	Hindustan Krantikari Dal	Saiyad Samser	578	0.43
Turnout			133,423	80.13	+0.39
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival Naimuddin Sheikh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mothabari constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sabina Yasmin	47,466	44.11
	CPI(M)	Naimuddin Sheikh	41,446	38.52
	Independent	Shehnaz Quadery	8,505	7.90
	BJP	Nandan Kumar Ghosh	6,340	5.89
	Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League	Md. Faruque Hossain	1,738
	BSP	Firoj Akhtar	1,070
	CPI(ML)L	Rajab Ali	1,034
Turnout			107,599	79.74
	INC win (new seat)

The Independent candidate, Shehnaz Quadery, was a rebel candidate from the family of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury. Although her name was proposed by the local Congress, she was refused a ticket by the Congress high command.^[4]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "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.