Mothabari Assembly constituency

Mothabari
Mothabari
Assembly constituency
	Mothabari Location in West Bengal Mothabari Mothabari (India)
	Coordinates: 24°57′49″N 88°05′22″E / 24.96361°N 88.08944°ECoordinates: 24°57′49″N 88°05′22″E / 24.96361°N 88.08944°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Constituency No	52
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year)	134,966 (2011) ; 166,513 (2016) ; 196,324 (2021)
Government
• MLA	Sabina Yasmin
• Party	All India Trinamool Congress

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Mothabari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kaliachak Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Mothabari Assembly constituency and Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 52 Mothabari Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak II community development block, and Alinagar and Kaliachak I gram panchayats of Kaliachak I community development block.^[4]

Mothabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Mothabari	Sabina Yasmin	Indian National Congress^[5]
2016		Sabina Yasmin	Indian National Congress
2021		Sabina Yasmin	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

In the 2021 election, Sabina Yasmin of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Shyam Chand Ghosh of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Mothabari constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sabina Yasmin	97,397	59.70	+36.53
	BJP	Shyam Chand Ghosh	40,824	25.02	+4.55
	INC	Dulal Sk.	16,903	10.36	-41.42
	[[Indian Secular Front\|Template:Indian Secular Front/meta/shortname]]	Md. Ali Kalimullah (Nur Hoque)	3,585	2.20
	NOTA	None of the above	2,139	1.31	-0.28
	Independent	Subodh Sarkar	566	0.35
	KPPU	Mst. Aktari Khatun	556	0.34
	Independent	Saidur Rahaman	495	0.30
	CPI(ML)L	Md. Ebrahim	300	0.18
	IUML	Md. Faruque Hossain (Sahityaratna)	195	0.12
	Independent	Ramchandra Chowdhuri	183	0.11
Turnout			163,143	83.10	+2.97
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016[edit]

In the 2016 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Md. Najrul Islam of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mothabari constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sabina Yasmin	69,089	51.78	+7.67
	AITC	Md. Najrul Islam	30,915	23.17
	BJP	Shyam Chand Ghosh	27,309	20.47	+14.58
	NOTA	None of the above	1,859	1.59
	BSP	Dinesh Kumar Jaju	1,123	0.84
	Independent	Anharul Haque	1,061	0.80
	SHS	Prem Kumar Ghosh	905	0.68
	Independent	Shyama Pada Saha	584	0.44
	Hindustan Krantikari Dal	Saiyad Samser	578	0.43
Turnout			133,423	80.13	+0.39
	INC hold		Swing

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival Naimuddin Sheikh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mothabari constituency^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sabina Yasmin	47,466	44.11
	CPI (M)	Naimuddin Sheikh	41,446	38.52
	Independent	Shehnaz Quadery	8,505	7.90
	BJP	Nandan Kumar Ghosh	6,340	5.89
	Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League	Md. Faruque Hossain	1,738
	BSP	Firoj Akhtar	1,070
	CPI(ML)L	Rajab Ali	1,034
Turnout			107,599	79.74
	INC win (new seat)

The Independent candidate, Shehnaz Quadery, was a rebel candidate from the family of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury. Although her name was proposed by the local Congress, she was refused a ticket by the Congress high command.^[7]

References[edit]

↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
↑ "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

[1] "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[2] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[3] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[delimitation-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[6] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

[7] "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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