Sujapur Assembly constituency

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

Sujapur
Constituency No. 53 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Sujapur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Dakshin
Established	1957
Total electors	251,186
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Muhammad Abdul Ghani
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 53 Sujapur Assembly constituency covers Alipur I, Alipur II, Bamongram Mashimpur, Gayeshbari, Jalalpur, Jalua Badhal, Kalia Chak II, Mozampur, Naoda Jadupur, Silampur I, Silampur II and Sujapur gram panchayats of Kaliachak I community development block.^[1]

Sujapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Sujapur	Manoranjan Mishra	Independent[2]
1962		Ashadulla Choudhury	Indian National Congress[3]
1967		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[4]
1969		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[5]
1971		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[6]
1972		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[7]
1977		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[8]
1982		Humayoun Chowdhury	Indian National Congress[9]
1987		Humayoun Chowdhury	Indian National Congress[10]
1991		Rubi Noor	Indian National Congress[11]
1996		Rubi Noor	Indian National Congress[12]
2001		Rubi Noor	Indian National Congress[13]
2006		Rubi Noor	Indian National Congress[14]
2009 By Election 1		Mausam Noor	Indian National Congress[15]
2009 By Election 2		Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[16]
2011		Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[17]
2016		Isha Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress
2021		Muhammad Abdul Ghani	Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Md. Abdul Ghani of AITC, defeated his nearest rival, Isha Khan Choudhury of INC^[18]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sujapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Muhammad Abdul Ghani	152,445	73.44	+43.26
	INC	Isha Khan Choudhury	22,282	10.73	−47.73
	BJP	Sk. Ziauddin	14,789	7.12	+0.88
	ISF	Md. Nur Islam Sekh	11,173	5.38
	Independent	Md. Rahim Biswas	2,321	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	1,527	0.74	−0.79
	BSP	Rafiqul Islam	1,461	0.70	+0.44
	PDS	Nasmul Hoque	546	0.26	+0.00
	Independent	Manjur Alahi Munshi	454	0.22	+0.05
	Independent	Md. Saidul Hoque	352	0.17
	Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim	Md. Monirul Hasan	241	0.12	−0.19
Turnout			207,591
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Isha Khan Chowdhury of INC defeated his nearest rival Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury of TMC.^[19]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sujapur constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Isha Khan Choudhury	97,332	58.46	+6.71
	AITC	Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury	50,252	30.18
	BJP	Nandan Kumar Ghosh	10,393	6.24	+3.68
	NOTA	None of the above	2,542	1.53
	Independent	Sekh Wased Ali	1,642	0.99
	Independent	Sadhan Chatterjee	734	0.44
	Independent	Md. Rajiul Islam	633	0.38
	Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim	Md. Gul Hasan	519	0.31
	Independent	Md. Touhid Sk	473	0.28
	PDS	Nasmul Hoque	433	0.26
	BSP	Pulak Gupta	427	0.26
	Independent	Manjur Alahi Munshi	291	0.17
	Independent	Md. Sariful Alam	247	0.15
	Independent	Md. Munna Khan	216	0.13
	JMM	Pankaj Rishi	210	0.13
	Independent	Abdul Karim	152	0.09
Turnout			166,496	79.18	+1.02
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Abu Naser Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sekh Ketabuddin of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sujapur constituency^[17][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury	70,640	52.75
	CPI(M)	Haji Ketabuddin Sk.	53,279	39.79
	Muslim League Kerala State Committee	Md. Ezaruddin	4,788	3.58
	BJP	Tutul Saha	3,429	2.56
	BSP	Abdur Rouf Ansari	1,778
Turnout			133,914	78.16
	INC hold		Swing

1977–2009

In the by-election held in 2009, subsequent to the election of the sitting MLA Mausam Noor from Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency), Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury of Congress won the seat. In an earlier by-election held in the same year, caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Rubi Noor, Mausam Noor of Congress defeated Haji Ketabuddin of CPI(M).^[15][21][22] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991, Rubi Noor of Congress won the Suzapur assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Hamidur Rahman of CPI(M) in 2006,^[14] Abdur Rauf of CPI(M) in 2001^[13] and 1996,^[12] and Kowsar Ali of CPI(M) in 1991.^[11] Humayoun Chowdhury of Congress defeated Kowsar Ali of CPI(M) in 1987^[10] and Mamtaz Begum of CPI(M) in 1982.^[9] A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated Habibur of CPI(M) in 1977.^[8][23]

1957–1972

A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress won in 1972,^[7] 1971,^[6] 1969^[5] and 1967.^[4] Ashadulla Choudhury of Congress won in 1962.^[3] Manoranjan Mishra, Independent, won in 1957.^[2] Prior to that the Sazapur seat did not exist.

References

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