Mothabari Assembly constituency

Mothabari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Source: Wikipedia

Article

Mothabari Assembly constituency

Mothabari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

Mothabari Assembly constituency

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.

Mothabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mothabari Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>Sabina Yasmin</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

Party|votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Afrin Afsana|party=Indipendent|votes=

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Md Najrul Islam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIMIM</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ISF</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Indipendent</td><td>Afrin Afsana</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sabina Yasmin</td><td>97,397</td><td>59.70</td><td>+36.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shyam Chand Ghosh</td><td>40,824</td><td>25.02</td><td>+4.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dulal Sk.</td><td>16,903</td><td>10.36</td><td>−41.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ISF</td><td>Md. Ali Kalimullah (Nur Hoque)</td><td>3,585</td><td>2.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>2,139</td><td>1.31</td><td>−0.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Subodh Sarkar</td><td>566</td><td>0.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KPPU</td><td>Mst. Aktari Khatun</td><td>556</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Saidur Rahaman</td><td>495</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Md. Ebrahim</td><td>300</td><td>0.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Md. Faruque Hossain (Sahityaratna)</td><td>195</td><td>0.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramchandra Chowdhuri</td><td>183</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>163,143</td><td>83.10</td><td>+2.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sabina Yasmin</td><td>69,089</td><td>51.78</td><td>+7.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Md. Najrul Islam</td><td>30,915</td><td>23.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shyam Chand Ghosh</td><td>27,309</td><td>20.47</td><td>+14.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,859</td><td>1.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Dinesh Kumar Jaju</td><td>1,123</td><td>0.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anharul Haque</td><td>1,061</td><td>0.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SS</td><td>Prem Kumar Ghosh</td><td>905</td><td>0.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shyama Pada Saha</td><td>584</td><td>0.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hindustan Krantikari Dal</td><td>Saiyad Samser</td><td>578</td><td>0.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>133,423</td><td>80.13</td><td>+0.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sabina Yasmin</td><td>47,466</td><td>44.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Naimuddin Sheikh</td><td>41,446</td><td>38.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shehnaz Quadery</td><td>8,505</td><td>7.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nandan Kumar Ghosh</td><td>6,340</td><td>5.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League</td><td>Md. Faruque Hossain</td><td>1,738</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Firoj Akhtar</td><td>1,070</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Rajab Ali</td><td>1,034</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>107,599</td><td>79.74</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.