Jangipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

For the constituency in UP, see Jangipur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency.

Jangipur
Constituency No. 58 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Jangipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Jangipur
Established	1957
Total electors	255,072
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jakir Hossain
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 58 Jangipur Assembly constituency covers Jangipur municipality, Raghunathganj I community development block and Ahiran and Bansabati gram panchayats of Suti I community development block.^[1]

Jangipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	M.L.A.	Party affiliation
1957	Jangipur	Shyamapada Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[2]
1957		Kuber Chand Halder	Indian National Congress[2]
1962		Muktipada Chatterjee	Indian National Congress[3]
1967		Abdul Haque	Independent[4]
1969			Revolutionary Socialist Party[5]
1971		Radaruddin Ahammad	Independent[6]
1972		Habibur Rahman	Indian National Congress[7]
1977			Indian National Congress[8]
1982			Indian National Congress[9]
1987			Indian National Congress[10]
1991		Abdul Haque	Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1996		Habibur Rahman	Indian National Congress[12]
2001		Abul Hasnat	Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2006			Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2011		Md. Sohrab	Indian National Congress[15]
2016		Jakir Hossain	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2021			All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

Jakir Hossain held the seat while Sujit Das of the BJP took second spot from the Left Front-Congress Alliance which only scored 4.57% of the vote.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur^[17]^[18]^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Jakir Hossain	136,444	68.82	+31.59
	BJP	Sujit Das	43,964	22.17	+9.23
	RSP	Jane Alam Mian	9,067	4.57	+4.57
	NOTA	None of the above	4,557	2.3	+0.71
Majority			92,480	46.65	+35.16
Turnout			1,98,401	77.78
	AITC hold		Swing	+31.59

2016

In the 2016 election, Jakir Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Somnath Singha Ray of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Jakir Hossain	66,869	37.23	+37.23
	CPI(M)	Somnath Singha Ray	46,236	25.75	−16.70
	INC	Md. Sohrab	34,863	19.41	−27.35
	BJP	Sudhan Kumar Das	23,240	12.94	+4.90
	NOTA	None of the above	2,853	1.59
Majority			20,633	11.49	+7.18
Turnout			1,79,758	83.82	−1.74
	AITC gain from INC		Swing	+26.97

2011

In the 2011 election, Mohammad Sohrab of Congress defeated his nearest rival Purnima Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur^[15]^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Md. Sohrab	68,699	46.76	+8.53
	CPI(M)	Purnima Bhattacharya	62,363	42.45	−6.40
	BJP	Anamitra Banerjee	11,804	8.04
	SUCI(C)	Mirza Nashiruddin	4,038	2.75
Majority			6,336	4.31
Turnout			1,46,905	85.56
	INC gain from RSP		Swing

.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006. Change noted is based on RSP's vote percentage in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006^[14] and 2001^[13] state assembly elections Abul Hasnat of RSP won the Jangipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Habibur Rahaman of Congress/ Independent. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Habibur Rahman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1996.^[12] Abdul Haque of RSP defeated Habibur Rahaman of Congress in 1991.^[11] Habibur Rahaman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1987,^[10] Badaruddin Ahmed, Independent, in 1982^[9] and Achintya Singha of SUC in 1977.^[8][21]

1957–1972

Habibur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972.^[7] Radaruddin Ahammad, Independent, won in 1971.^[6] Abdul Haque of RSP/Independent won in 1969^[5] and 1967.^[4] Muktipada Chatterjee of Congress won in 1962.^[3] Jangipur was joint seat in 1957. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won.^[2]

References

Notes

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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4. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
17. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
18. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
19. "Form 20 - 58 Jangipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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21. "54 - Jangipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.