Malatipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Malatipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Malatipur
Location in West Bengal
Malatipur
Malatipur (India)
Coordinates: 24°49′12″N 88°03′31″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
Constutuency No47
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyMaldaha Uttar
Electorate (year)151,763 (2011)

Overview

Malatipur Vidhan Sabha Constituency consists of 209 booths (parts) among which 144 parts (From part no.1 to part no.144) fall under Chanchal-II Development Block and the rest belongs to Ratua II Development Block.[1] As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 47 Malatipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chanchal II community development block and Maharajpur, Peerganj, Sreepur I and Sreepur II gram panchayats of Ratua II community development block.[2]

Malatipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 7. Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011MalatipurAbdur Rahim BoxiRevolutionary Socialist Party[3]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Abdur Rahim Boxi of RSP defeated his nearest rival Al-beruni (Independent).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Malatipur constituency[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
RSP Abdur Rahim Boxi 54,794 43.18
Independent Al-Beruni 48,093 37.90
AITC Gautam Chakraborti 15,674 12.35
BJP Harendra Nath Paul 4,070 3.21
BSP Tahida Khatun 1,853
Independent Abdul Khaleque 1,652
Turnout 126,889 83.61

Al-Beruni, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a Congress Zilla Parishad member.[5]

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Malda district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 8 4
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 5
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 1
Forward bloc 1 0

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References
  1. eci.nic.in
  2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Malatipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  5. "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
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