Rejinagar Assembly constituency

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

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Rejinagar Assembly constituency

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

Overview

Rejinagar Assembly constituency

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.

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Rejinagar Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2013^</td><td>Rabiul Alam Chowdhury</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<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>Ataur Rahaman</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JUP</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Bapan Ghosh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LF</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Jillu Sk</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

<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>Rabiul Alam Chowdhury</td><td>118,494</td><td>56.31</td><td>48.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Arabinda Biswas</td><td>50,226</td><td>23.87</td><td>18.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Kafiruddin Sheikh</td><td>37,282</td><td>17.72</td><td>25.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>1,560</td><td>0.74</td><td>0.42</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>68,268</td><td>32.44</td><td>29.44</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,10,445</td><td>81.01</td><td>1.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<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>Rabiul Alam Chowdhury</td><td>79,770</td><td>43.12</td><td>4.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td>74,210</td><td>40.12</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Begum Siddika</td><td>14,631</td><td>7.91</td><td>15.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Bankim Karmakar</td><td>10,771</td><td>5.82</td><td>3.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2,150</td><td>1.16</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>5,560</td><td>3.00</td><td>3.85</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,84,993</td><td>82.27</td><td>1.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to 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>Rabiul Alam Chowdhury</td><td>66,876</td><td>39.08</td><td>10.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Sirajul Islam Mondal</td><td>55,154</td><td>32.23</td><td>11.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td>40,911</td><td>23.9</td><td>23.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Salahuddin Sheikh</td><td>3,720</td><td>2.17</td><td>2.15</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>11,722</td><td>6.85</td><td>1.23</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,71,128</td><td>84.09</td><td>1.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

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

<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>Humayun Kabir</td><td>77,542</td><td>49.74</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Sirajul Islam Mondal</td><td>68,781</td><td>44.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Arabinda Biswas</td><td>6,733</td><td>4.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>Fulchand Sheikh</td><td>2,831</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>8,761</td><td>5.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,55,887</td><td>82.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>