Bhagabangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhagwangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bhagwangola
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 24°20′02″N 88°17′59″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Constituency No	62
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	11. Murshidabad
Electorate (year)	179,089 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 62 Bhagwangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Bhagwangola II community development block and Bhagwangola, Habaspur, Hanumantanagar, Kuthirampur, Mahammadpur, Mahisasthali and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Bhagwangola I CD Block.[1]

Bhagwangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Bhagwangola	Hafizur Rehman Kazi	Indian National Congress[2]
1962		Sailendra Nath Adhicary	Praja Socialist Party[3]
1967		S.Bhattachrya	Indian National Congress[4]
1969		Sailendra Nath Adhicary	Samyukta Socialist Party[5]
1971		Md. Samaun Biswas	Independent[6]
1972		Mohammad Deedar Baksh	Indian National Congress [7]
1977		Kazi Hafizur Rahman	Indian National Congress [8]
1982		Kazi Hafizur Rahman	Indian National Congress [9]
1987		Syed Nawabjani Meerza	CPIM-Supported Independent[10]
1991		Syed Nawabjani Meerza	CPIM-Supported Independent
1996		Abu Sufian Sarkar	Indian National Congress[11]
2001		Mojibor Rahaman	West Bengal Socialist Party[12]
2006		Chand Mohammad	West Bengal Socialist Party[13]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Bhagabangola
2011		Chand Mohammad	Samajwadi Party/All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016		Mahasin Ali	Communist party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Mahasin Ali of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Abu Sufian Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhagabangola constituency[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Mahasin Ali	105,037	55.10	+14.37
	AITC	Abu Sufian Sarkar	68,732	36.10	+5.67
	BJP	Mehbub Alam	5,278	2.80
	Independent	Syed Imran Ali Meerza	3,457	1.80
	Samajwadi Party	Hajikul Alam	3,228	1.70
	IUML	Seikh Ajfar Ali	1,855	1.00
	SUCI(C)	Rahul Amin	1,039	0.60
	Independent	Asaduzzaman	763	0.40
	Independent	Rahul Matin	669	0.40
	Independent	Anju Bagum	510	0.30
Majority			36,305	19.1
Turnout			190,568	86.8
	Swing to CPI (M) from SP		Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016. Chand Mohammad was the SP candidate in 2011.

2011

In the 2011 election, Chand Mohammad of Samajwadi Party defeated his nearest rival Sagir Hossain of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhagabangola constituency[14][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SP	Chand Mohammad	62,862	38.63	-7.84#
	AITC	Sagir Hossen	49,528	30.43	-19.40#
	Independent/Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury supported	Syed Alamgir	40,376	24.81
	BJP	Mahebub Alam	2,638
	MLKSC	Kamal Pasha	2,206
	IJP	Seikh Ajfar Ali	1,752
	Independent	Najrul Islam	1,745
	Independent	Gazi Rahman	1,641
Turnout			162,748	90.88
	SP hold		Swing	+11.56#

Syed Alamgir, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.[17]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Chand Mohammad was the WBSP candidate in 2006.

 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

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[13] Chand Mohammad of WBSP won the 62 Bhagabangola assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mojibor Rahaman of WBSP defeated Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress in 2001.[12] Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress defeated Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M) in 1996.[11] Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M)/Independent defeated Islam Nazrul of Congress in 1991[18] and Mojibur Rahaman of Congress in 1987.[10] Kazi Hafizur Rahman of Congress/ Independent defeated Sailen Adhicary, Independent, in 1982[9] and Sheikh Kazimuddin of CPI(M) in 1977.[8][19]

1957–1972

Mohammad Dedar Baksh of Congress won in 1972.[7] Md. Samaun Biswas, Independent, won in 1971.[6] Sailendra Nath Adhicary of SSP won in 1969.[5] S. Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1967.[4] Sailendra Nath Adhicary of PSP won in 1962.[3] Hafizur Rehman Kazi of Congress won in 1957.[2]

References

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11. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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14. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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18. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
19. "56 - Bhagabangola Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.