Murarai Assembly constituency

Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India

Murarai
Constituency No. 294 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Murarai Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
LS constituency	Birbhum
Established	1951
Total electors	201,049
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mosarraf Hossain
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Murarai I CD Block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block.^[1]

Murarai Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Mosarraf Hossain	146,496	67.00	+19.25
	BJP	Debasish Roy	48,250	22.00	+18.96
	INC	Asif Ekbal	17,287	8.00	New
	SUCI	Ansarul Saiekh	1,857	1.00	New
	BSP	Tarak Let	1,640	1.00	-0.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,509	1.00
Majority			98,246
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murarai^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nure Alam Chowdhury	77,817	47.75	-0.03#
	CPI(M)	Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi	73,414	45.05	-2.65
	BJP	Sudhiranjan Das Goswami	4,961	3.04
	BSP	Shiblal Sardar	3,074	1.89
	Independent	Md. Ejrail	2,471
	JP	Mir Mukid Hazi Rekib	1,228
Turnout			162,965	86.06
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+2.62#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi of CPI(M) won the Murarai assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress /Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 and Bazle Ahmed of CPI(M) in 1977.^[5]

1951–1972

Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress won in 1972. Bazle Ahmed of SUCI won in 1971 and 1969. B.Ahmad, Independent, won in 1967. Shamsuddin Ahammad of RSP won in 1962. The Murarai seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Jogendra Narayan Das of KMPP won.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
^ "Murarai". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Murarai. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Murarai. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ "294 – Murarai Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.