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(Top) 1 Overview 2 Members of the Legislative Assembly 3 Election results 3.1 2024 by-election 3.2 2021 3.3 2016 3.4 2011 3.5 1977–2006 3.6 1957–1972 4 References

Bhagabangola Assembly constituency

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Bhagabangola
Constituency No. 62 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bhagabangola Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Murshidabad
Established	1957
Total electors	263,765
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent *Reyat Houssen Sarkar*

Bhagabangola Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian stateofWest Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 62 Bhagwangola Assembly constituency covers Bhagwangola II community development block and Bhagwangola, Habaspur, Hanumantanagar, Kuthirampur, Mahammadpur, Mahisasthali and Sundarpur gram panchayatsofBhagwangola I CD Block.^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1957	Hafizur Rehman Kazi	Indian National Congress^[2]
1962	Sailendra Nath Adhicary	Praja Socialist Party^[3]
1967	S.Bhattachrya	Indian National Congress^[4]
1969	Sailendra Nath Adhicary	Samyukta Socialist Party^[5]
1971	Md. Samaun Biswas	Independent^[6]
1972	Mohammad Deedar Baksh	Indian National Congress^[7]
1977	Kazi Hafizur Rahman	Indian National Congress^[8]
1982	Kazi Hafizur Rahman	Indian National Congress^[9]
1987	Syed Nawabjani Meerza	CPIM-Supported Independent^[10]
1991	Syed Nawabjani Meerza	CPIM-Supported Independent
1996	Abu Sufian Sarkar	Indian National Congress^[11]
2001	Mojibor Rahaman	West Bengal Socialist Party^[12]
2006	Chand Mohammad	West Bengal Socialist Party^[13]
2011	Chand Mohammad	Samajwadi Party/All India Trinamool Congress^[14]
2016	Mahasin Ali	Communist party of India (Marxist)
2021	Idris Ali	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2024 by-election[edit]

West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Bhagabangola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Reyat Houssen Sarkar	107,096	48.34
	INC	Anju Begum	91,479	41.29
	BJP	Bhaskar Sarkar	17,288	7.8
	ISF	Md Murshidul Alam	2,298	1.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,255	0.57
Majority			15,617
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2021[edit]

In the 2021 election, Idris Ali of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Md. Kamal Hossain of CPI (M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bhagabangola constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Idris Ali	153,795	68.05	+31.95
	CPI(M)	Md. Kamal Hossain	47,787	21.15	-33.95
	BJP	Mehbub Alam	16,707	7.39	+4.59
	NOTA	None of the above	3,396	1.50
	Independent	Md. Mosaraf Hossain	827	0.37
	BSP	Seikh Rabiul Alam	784	0.35
	Independent	Syed Imran Ali Meerza	652	0.29	-1.51
	IUML	Sk. Rejaul Karim	617	0.27	-0.73
	SUCI(C)	Abdul Mabud Nayan	449	0.20	-0.40
	Bahujan Maha Party	Mst. Sikha Khatun	421	0.19
	Independent	Md. Nurul Islam	290	0.13
	United Socialist Party	Ali Hossain	265	0.12
Majority			106,008	46.90	+37.80
Turnout			225,990	90.80	+4.00
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016[edit]

In the 2016 election, Mahasin Ali of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival, Abu Sufian Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhagabangola constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Mahasin Ali	105,037	54.39
	AITC	Abu Sufian Sarkar	68,732	35.59
	BJP	Mehbub Alam	5,278	2.73
	Independent	Syed Imran Ali Meerza	3,457	1.79
	SP	Hajikul Alam	3,228	1.67
	NOTA	None of the above	2,554	1.32
	IUML	Kamal Pasha	1,855	0.96
	SUCI(C)	Rahul Amin	1,039	0.54
	Independent	Asaduzzaman	763	0.40
	Independent	Abdul Matin	669	0.35
	Independent	Anju Bagum	510	0.26
Majority			36,305	18.80
Turnout			193,122	85.98
	CPI(M) gain from SP		Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016. Chand Mohammad was the SP candidate in 2011.

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Chand Mohammad of Samajwadi Party defeated his nearest rival Sagir Hossain of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhagabangola constituency^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Chand Mohammad	62,862	38.63	-7.84#
	AITC	Sagir Hossen	49,528	30.43	-19.40#
	Independent	Syed Alamgir	40,376	24.81
	BJP	Mahebub Alam	2,638
	MLKSC	Kamal Pasha	2,206
	IJP	Seikh Ajfar Ali	1,752
	Independent	Najrul Islam	1,745
	Independent	Gazi Rahman	1,641
Turnout			162,748	90.88
	SP hold		Swing	+11.56#

Syed Alamgir, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.^[16]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Chand Mohammad was the WBSP candidate in 2006.

1977–2006[edit]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[13] Chand Mohammad of WBSP won the 62 Bhagabangola assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mojibor Rahaman of WBSP defeated Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress in 2001.^[12] Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress defeated Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M) in 1996.^[11] Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M)/Independent defeated Islam Nazrul of Congress in 1991^[17] and Mojibur Rahaman of Congress in 1987.^[10] Kazi Hafizur Rahman of Congress/ Independent defeated Sailen Adhicary, Independent, in 1982^[9] and Sheikh Kazimuddin of CPI(M) in 1977.^[8]^[18]

1957–1972[edit]

Mohammad Dedar Baksh of Congress won in 1972.^[7] Md. Samaun Biswas, Independent, won in 1971.^[6] Sailendra Nath Adhicary of SSP won in 1969.^[5] S. Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1967.^[4] Sailendra Nath Adhicary of PSP won in 1962.^[3] Hafizur Rehman Kazi of Congress won in 1957.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bhagabangola. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

^ "For Sonia and the dissidents: Dr Adhir and Mr Chowdhury". The Telegraph, 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

^ "56 - Bhagabangola Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

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