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		<title>&gt;Diptyajit at 22:35, 4 January 2022</title>
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ratua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Overview==&lt;br /&gt;
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 48 Ratua (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Ratua I (Community development block)|Ratua I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Araidanga, Paranpur, Pukuria and Sambalpur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Ratua II (Community development block)|Ratua II]] community development block.&amp;lt;ref name =delimitation&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =  http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Ratua (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&amp;lt;ref name =delimitation/&amp;gt; It was earlier part of [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;ìÍĦĤĠčw&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Election&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Ratua||Md. Sayeed Mia||[[Indian National Congress]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Sourindra Mohan Mishra||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Dhaneswar Saha||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Dhaneswar Saha||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Sourindra Mohan Mishra||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1967&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =  http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1969||||Mohammad Ali||Independent&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1969&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =  http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1971||||Nirendra Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1971&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =   http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1972||||Nirendra Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1972&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =    http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1977||||Mohammad Ali||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1977&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1982||||Samar Mukherjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1982&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf  |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1987||||Mumtaz Begum||Communist Party of India (Marxist)&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1987&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =  http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1991||||Mumtaz Begum||Communist Party of India (Marxist)&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1991&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1996||||Samar Mukherjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1996&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Sailen Sarkar]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2001&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Sailen Sarkar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2006&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Samar Mukherjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2011&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Election results==&lt;br /&gt;
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===2021===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2021 election, Samar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Abhishek Singhania of BJP.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Ratua constituency}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Samar Mukherjee&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 130,674&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 59.63&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +31.01&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Abhishek Singhania&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 55,024&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 25.11&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +11.29&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Najema Khatun&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 16,173&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 7.38&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -44.48&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Payel Khatun&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 8,628&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 3.94&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Welfare Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Arafat Ali&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,102&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.96&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -1.34&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above &lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,051&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.94&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -0.23&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Chaitanya Rabidas&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,682&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.77&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -0.05&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ashok Chowdhury&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,387&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.63  &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sabina Easmin&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 856&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.39&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sk. Israil&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 571&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.26&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 219,148&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 83.06&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = +5.31&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
   |winner     = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
   |loser      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
   |swing      = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2016===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2016 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Shehnaz Quadery of Trinamool Congress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Ratua constituency}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Samar Mukherjee&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 96,517&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 51.86&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +3.52&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Shehnaz Quadery&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 53,312&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 28.62&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sanjay Kumar Saha&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 25,746&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 13.82&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +11.59&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Welfare Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Arafat Ali&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,290&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 2.30&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above &lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,181&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.17&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Emdadul Haque&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,572&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.84&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Md. Kabatulla&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,531&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.82&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Mukti Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sekh Alamin&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,029&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.55&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 186,248&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 77.75&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = -2.65&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
   |winner     = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
   |loser      = &lt;br /&gt;
   |swing      = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2011===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2011 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Ratua constituency&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2011/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;amp;cid=48|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Ratua | publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Samar Mukherjee&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 74,936&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 48.34&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +3.63#&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sailen Sarkar&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 68,075&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 43.92&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -4.45&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Imadul Hoque&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 5,068&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 3.27&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Dilip Agorwalla&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,457&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 2.23&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ashoke Kumar Saha&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,856&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ataur&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,622&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 155,014&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 80.40&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
   |winner     = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
   |loser      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
   |swing      = +8.08#&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentage in 2011.&lt;br /&gt;
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===1977–2006===&lt;br /&gt;
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2006/&amp;gt; and 2001&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2001/&amp;gt; state assembly elections Sailen Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Ratua assembly seat defeating Asit Bose and Samar Mukherjee, both of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1996.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1996/&amp;gt; Mumtaz Begum of CPI(M) defeated Biswanath Guha and Niren Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, in 1991&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1991/&amp;gt; and 1987&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1987/&amp;gt; respectively. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) in 1982.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1982/&amp;gt; Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) defeated Niren Chandra Sinha of Congress in 1977.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1977/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp43.htm | title = 43 - Ratua Assembly Constituency  | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1951–1972===&lt;br /&gt;
Nirendra Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1972&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1972/&amp;gt; and 1971.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1971/&amp;gt; Mohammad Ali, Independent, won in 1969.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1969/&amp;gt; Sourindra Mohan Mishra of Congress won in 1967.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1967/&amp;gt; Dhanswar Saha of Congress won the Ratua seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; Ratua was a joint seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; Sourindra Mohan Mishra and Dhaneswar Saha, both of Congress, won in 1957. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India&amp;#039;s first election in 1951]], Md. Sayeed Mia of Congress won the Ratua seat.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Politics of Malda district]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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