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Raghunathganj Assembly constituency

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Raghunathganj
Constituency No. 59 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyJangipur
Established2011
Total electors249,559
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 59 Raghunathganj Assembly constituency covers Raghunathganj II community development block, Nurpur gram panchayat of Suti I community development block and Maiya gram panchayat of Lalgola community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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2021

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In the 2021 election, Akhruzzaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Golam Modaswer of BJP

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Raghunathganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Akhruzzaman 126,834 66.59 +33.65
BJP Golam Modaswer 28,521 14.97 +8.90
Independent Nasir Saikh 16,244 8.53
INC Abul Kashem Biswas 12,799 6.72 −40.54
NOTA None of the above 2,398 1.54 +0.10
SDPI Md. Jakir Hossain 1,361 0.71 −0.77
SUCI(C) Rabiul Alam 913 0.48 −0.41
WPI M A Hannan 868 0.46
Majority 98,313 51.62 +37.30
Turnout 190,478 76.33 −3.52
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

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In the 2016 election, Akhruzzaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Kasem Molla of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Raghunathganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Akhruzzaman 78,497 47.26 −3.73
AITC Abul Kasem Molla 54,711 32.94
RSP Abul Hasnat 16,474 9.92 −30.46
BJP Golam Modashbar 10,073 6.07 +3.29
SDPI Mojibur Rahaman 2,454 1.48
NOTA None of the above 2,396 1.44
SUCI(C) Rabiul Alam 1,477 0.89
Majority 23,786 14.32
Turnout 166,082 79.85 −7.09
INC hold Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Akhruzzaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasnat of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathganj[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Akhruzzaman 74,683 50.99
RSP Abul Hasnat 59,143 40.38
SDPI Md. Jakir Hossain 6,093 4.16
BJP Sougata Singha Roy 4,066 2.78
SUCI Rabiul Alam 2,493
Turnout 146,478 86.94
INC win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raghunathganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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