Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Samserganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Samserganj is located in West Bengal
Samserganj
Samserganj
Location in West Bengal
Samserganj is located in India
Samserganj
Samserganj
Samserganj (India)
Coordinates: 24°41′N 87°57′E / 24.683°N 87.950°E / 24.683; 87.950Coordinates: 24°41′N 87°57′E / 24.683°N 87.950°E / 24.683; 87.950
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Constituency No56
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year)152,508 (2011)[1]
194,128 (2016)[2]
235,570 (2021)[lower-alpha 1]
Government
 • Incumbent MLAAmirul Islam
 • Political Party  AITC  

Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Aurangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the area ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Raghunathganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 56 Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Dhulian municipality and Bhasaipaikar, Bogdadnagar, Chachanda, Dogachhi, Napara, Nimtita, Pratapganj and Tinpukuria gram panchayats of Samserganj community development block.[10]

Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[10]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Name Party Affiliation
2011 Touab Ali Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2016 Amirul Islam All India Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Samserganj[12][13][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Amirul Islam 96,417 51.13
INC Zaidur Rahman 70,038 37.14
BJP Milan Ghosh 10,800 5.73
CPI (M) Md. Modassar Hossain 6,158 3.27
NOTA None Of The Above 3,064 1.62
Majority 26,379 13.99
Turnout 1,88,627 80.07
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Samserganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Amirul Islam 48,381 30.41
CPI (M) Touab Ali 46,601 29.31
IND Md. Rejaul Hoque 42,389 26.66
BJP Milan Ghosh 11,397 7.17
NOTA None of the above 3,290 2.07
Majority 1,780 1.12
Turnout 1,59,033 81.92
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Touab Ali of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mousumi Begum of Congress,

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Samserganj[11][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Touab Ali 61,138 46.43
INC Mousumi Begum 53,349 40.52
BJP Sasthi Charan Ghosh 6,031 4.58
SDPI Md Affan Ali 4,256 3.23
BSP Jaydeb Goswami 2,411 1.83
IND Seikh Samshul 1,966 1.49
Majority 7,789 5.92
Turnout 1,31,694 86.35
CPI (M) win (new seat)

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ In between 235,563 and 235,578.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Citations[edit]

  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. ↑ "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bhabanipur Bypoll Highlights: Moderate Turnout Recorded In Bengal's Bhabanipur". NDTV. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "ভবানীপুর, সামশেরগঞ্জ, জঙ্গিপুর-কোথায় কত ভোটার, থাকছে কত বাহিনী, জানুন বিস্তারিত". The Wall (in Bengali). 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Samserganj Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Samserganj Constituency, Vidhan Sabha". News18. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Form 20 - 56 Samserganj AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "West Bengal Election: আগামীকাল ৩ কেন্দ্রে নির্বাচন, কোভিড বিধি মেনে তুঙ্গে শেষ মুহূর্তের প্রস্তুতি". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jangipur And Samserganj Election : জঙ্গিপুর-সামশেরগঞ্জে ভোট যুদ্ধ, আঁটোসাঁটো নিরাপত্তা বলয়". Aajtak Bangla (in Bengali). 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Samserganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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