Raninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raninagar
—  Vidhan Sabha constituency  —
Raninagar
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates:
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.

Contents

Extent

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]

Results

2011

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]
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
e • d 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

1957–1962

The Raninagar assembly seat existed for a short period in 1957 and 1962. Syed Badruddin, Independent, won in both the years.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  2. ^ "Raninagar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2563.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raninagar. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=63. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raninagar. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  5. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-09-26.