Murshidabad Assembly constituency

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

Murshidabad
Constituency No. 64 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Murshidabad Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Murshidabad
Established	1951
Total electors	268,221
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gouri Shankar Ghosh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 64 Murshidabad Assembly constituency covers Murshidabad municipality, Jiaganj Azimganj municipality and Murshidabad Jiaganj community development block^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	MLA	Party
1951	Murshidabad	Durgapada Sinha		Indian National Congress[2]
1957[3]
1962		Birendra Narayan Roy		Independent[4]
1967		S.K.A. Mirza		Indian National Congress[5]
1969		Mohammad Idris Ali[6]
1971[7]
1972[8]
1977		Chhaya Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc[9]
1982[10]
1987		Abdul Mannan Hossain		Indian National Congress[11]
1991		Chhaya Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc[12]
1996		Mazammel Haque		Independent[13]
2001		Chhaya Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc[14]
2006		Bivas Chakraborty[15]
2011		Shaoni Singha Roy		Indian National Congress[16]
2016[17]
2021		Gouri Shankar Ghosh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Murshidabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Ghosh	95,967	41.86	29.91
	AITC	Shaoni Singha Roy	93,476	40.78	6.26
	INC	Sheikh Nejauddin	28,835	12.58	34.44
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,904	1.27	0.2
Majority			2,491	1.08	11.42
Turnout			2,29,231	85.46	0.12
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Murshidabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shaoni Singha Roy	94,579	47.02	0.99
	AITC	Ashim Krishna Bhatta	69,440	34.52	New
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Ghosh	24,031	11.95	5.88
	AIFB	Bivas Chakraborty	5,066	2.52	39.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,966	1.47	New
Majority			25,139	12.5	8.62
Turnout			2,01,150	85.58	1.34
	INC hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2011

In the 2011 election, Shaoni Singha Roy of Congress defeated her nearest rival Bibhas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murshidabad constituency^[16][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shaoni Singha Roy	75,441	46.03
	AIFB	Bibhas Chakraborty	69.089	42.15	−6.83
	BJP	Ranajit Kumar Das	9,946	6.07
	Independent	Shyamal Krishna Das	4,495
	PDS	Md. Kashimuddin Shaikh	2,753
	SUCI	Gulshenara Iva	2,169
Turnout			163,893	87.11
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing

.# Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[15] Bivas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc won the Murshidabad assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Joyanta Roy of IPFB. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Abdul Mannan Hossain, Independent, in 2001.^[14] Mazammel Haque, Independent, defeated Abdul Ohab Mondal of Congress in 1996,^[13] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Asak Ali of Congress in 1991.^[12] Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress defeated Madan Mohan Ray, Independent, in 1987.^[11] Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Dedar Bakshi of ICS in 1982^[10] and Syed Nawab Jani Meerza of Janata Party in 1977.^[9][19]

1951–1972

Mohammad Idris Ali of Congress won in 1972,^[8] 1971^[7] and 1969.^[6] S.K.A.Mirza of Congress won in 1967.^[5] Birendra Narayan Ray, Independent, won in 1962.^[4] Durgapada Sinha of Congress won in 1957^[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.^[2]