Rejinagar Assembly constituency

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Rejinagar
Constituency No. 70 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Lok Sabha constituencyBaharampur
Established2011
Total electors2,59,771
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Elected year2021

Rejinagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 70 Rejinagar Assembly constituency covers Beldanga II community development block, and Begunbari, Kapasdanga and Mirjapur I gram panchayats of Beldanga I community development block.[1]

Rejinagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
2011 Humayun Kabir Indian National Congress
2013^ Rabiul Alam Chowdhury
2016
2021 Trinamool Congress
  • ^ denotes by-poll

Election results

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
BJP
INC
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rabiul Alam Chowdhury 118,494 56.31 Increase48.4
BJP Arabinda Biswas 50,226 23.87 Increase18.05
INC Kafiruddin Sheikh 37,282 17.72 Decrease25.4
NOTA None of the Above 1,560 0.74 Decrease0.42
Majority 68,268 32.44 Increase29.44
Turnout 2,10,445 81.01 Decrease1.26
AITC gain from INC Swing
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rabiul Alam Chowdhury 79,770 43.12 Increase4.04
Independent Humayun Kabir 74,210 40.12 New
AITC Begum Siddika 14,631 7.91 Decrease15.99
BJP Bankim Karmakar 10,771 5.82 Increase3.65
NOTA None of the Above 2,150 1.16 New
Majority 5,560 3.00 Decrease3.85
Turnout 1,84,993 82.27 Decrease1.82
INC hold Swing

2013 by-election

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The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress.[2]

2013 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Rejinagar[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rabiul Alam Chowdhury 66,876 39.08 Decrease10.66
RSP Sirajul Islam Mondal 55,154 32.23 Decrease11.89
AITC Humayun Kabir 40,911 23.9 Increase23.9
BJP Salahuddin Sheikh 3,720 2.17 Decrease2.15
Majority 11,722 6.85 Increase1.23
Turnout 1,71,128 84.09 Increase1.65
INC hold Swing

In the 2011 election, Humayun Kabir of Congress defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam Mondal of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rejinagar[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Humayun Kabir 77,542 49.74
RSP Sirajul Islam Mondal 68,781 44.12
BJP Arabinda Biswas 6,733 4.32
JD(U) Fulchand Sheikh 2,831
Majority 8,761 5.62
Turnout 1,55,887 82.44
INC win (new seat)

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