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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ratua
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Ratua.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Ratua Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Samar Mukherjee (Malda politician)|Samar Mukherjee]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]
| constituency_no = 48
| established = 1951
| electors = 282,451
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Ratua Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 48 Ratua Assembly 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.<ref name =delimitation>{{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}}</ref>

Ratua Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Md Sayeed Mia
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Sourindra Mohan Mishra
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|rowspan="2"|Dhaneswar Saha
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Sourindra Mohan Mishra
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Mohammad Ali
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Nirendra Chandra Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Mohammad Ali
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|Samar Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="2"|Mumtaz Begum
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Samar Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sailen Sarkar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|Samar Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Ratua}}
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|candidate = Samar Mukherjee
|party = Trinamool Congress
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|candidate = Abhishek Singhania
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jahur Alam
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Md. Mottakin Alam
|party = Indian National Congress
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|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
In the 2021 election, Samar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Abhishek Singhania of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Ratua}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Samar Mukherjee
|votes = 130,674
|percentage = 59.63
|change = +31.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Abhishek Singhania
|votes = 55,024
|percentage = 25.11
|change = +11.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Najema Khatun
|votes = 16,173
|percentage = 7.38
|change = -44.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Payel Khatun
|votes = 8,628
|percentage = 3.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welfare Party of India
|candidate = Arafat Ali
|votes = 2,102
|percentage = 0.96
|change = -1.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,051
|percentage = 0.94
|change = -0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Chaitanya Rabidas
|votes = 1,682
|percentage = 0.77
|change = -0.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ashok Chowdhury
|votes = 1,387
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sabina Easmin
|votes = 856
|percentage = 0.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sk. Israil
|votes = 571
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 219,148
|percentage = 83.06
|change = +5.31
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Shehnaz Quadery of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Ratua constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Samar Mukherjee
|votes = 96,517
|percentage = 51.86
|change = +3.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Shehnaz Quadery
|votes = 53,312
|percentage = 28.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Saha
|votes = 25,746
|percentage = 13.82
|change = +11.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welfare Party of India
|candidate = Arafat Ali
|votes = 4,290
|percentage = 2.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,181
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Emdadul Haque
|votes = 1,572
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Md. Kabatulla
|votes = 1,531
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Sekh Alamin
|votes = 1,029
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 186,248
|percentage = 77.75
|change = -2.65
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Ratua constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=48| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130615160053/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=48| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 15 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Ratua | publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Samar Mukherjee
|votes = 74,936
|percentage = 48.34
|change = +3.63#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sailen Sarkar
|votes = 68,075
|percentage = 43.92
|change = -4.45
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Imadul Hoque
|votes = 5,068
|percentage = 3.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dilip Agorwalla
|votes = 3,457
|percentage = 2.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashoke Kumar Saha
|votes = 1,856
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ataur
|votes = 1,622
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 155,014
|percentage = 80.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +8.08#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentage in 2011.

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{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}}</ref> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{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}}</ref> Mumtaz Begum of CPI(M) defeated Biswanath Guha and Niren Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{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}}</ref> and 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{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}}</ref> respectively. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{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}}</ref> Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) defeated Niren Chandra Sinha of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Nirendra Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{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}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{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}}</ref> Mohammad Ali, Independent, won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{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}}</ref> Sourindra Mohan Mishra of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{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}}</ref> Dhanswar Saha of Congress won the Ratua seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{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}}</ref> Ratua was a joint seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{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}}</ref> Sourindra Mohan Mishra and Dhaneswar Saha, both of Congress, won in 1957. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Md. Sayeed Mia of Congress won the Ratua seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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Ratua Assembly constituency - Revision history

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