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Raninagar
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Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Murshidabad |
Constituency No | 63 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 11. Murshidabad |
Electorate (year) | 186,493 (2011) |
Raninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: রাণীনগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Raninagar assembly seat existed for a short period in 1957 and 1962. It was revived in 2011.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 63 Raninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Raninagar I community development block, Kalinagar I, Kalinagar II, Malibari I, Malibari II and Raninagar I gram panchayats of Raninagar II community development block and Dhulauri gram panchayat of Domkal community development block.[1]
Raninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
In the 2011 election , Firoza Begum of Congress defeated her nearest rival Maksuda Begum of Forward Bloc.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raninagar [2][3][4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Congress | Firoza Begam | 76,092 | 46.45 | ||
Forward Bloc | Maksuda Begum | 75,003 | 45.79 | ||
BJP | Dinesh Mondal | 3,151 | 1.92 | ||
IPFB | Tapan Kumar Hore | 2,946 | |||
SUCI | Abdul Aktar Sarkar | 2,262 | |||
MLKSC | Md. Rejaul Haque | 1,693 | |||
Independent | Nur Mohammed | 1,495 | |||
Independent | Jalauddin Mondal | 1,169 | |||
Turnout | 163,811 | 87.84 |
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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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 |
The Raninagar assembly seat existed for a short period in 1957 and 1962. Syed Badruddin, Independent, won in both the years.[5]
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