Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Aurangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the area ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area - Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Raghunathganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Samserganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Samserganj
Location in West Bengal
Samserganj
Samserganj (India)
Coordinates: 24°41′N 87°57′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Constituency No56
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year)152,473 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 56 Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Dhulian municipality and Bhasaipaikar, Bogdadnagar, Chachanda, Dogachhi, Napara, Nimtita, Pratapganj and Tinpukuria gram panchayats of Samserganj community development block.[1]

Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011SamserganjTouab AliCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
2016SamserganjAmirul IslamAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Touab Ali of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mousumi Begum of Congress,

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Samserganj constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Touab Ali 61,138 46.43
INC Mousumi Begum 53,349 40.52
BJP Sasthi Charan Ghosh 6,031 4.58
SDPI Md Affan Ali 4,256
BSP Jaydeb Goswami 2,411
Independent Seikh Samshul 1,966
Indian Unity Centre Omar Khayam 1,430
SUCI Tipu Sultan 1,090
Turnout 131,671 86.36
CPI (M) win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Murshidabad district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 14 8
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 4
Samajwadi Party 1 0
Forward bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

References

  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. "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". Samserganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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