Bhagabangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Constituency No | 62 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 11. Murshidabad |
| Electorate (year) | 179,089 (2011) |
Bhagabangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Bhagwangola) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 62 Bhagabangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Bhagabangola II community development block and Bhagabangola, Habaspur, Hanumantanagar, Kuthirampur, Mahammadpur, Mahisasthali and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Bhagabangola I community development block.[1]
Bhagabangola (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 | Bhagabangola | 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 | Independent[10] | ||
| 1991 | Syed Nawabjani Meerza | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | ||
| 1996 | Abu Sufian Sarkar | Indian National Congress[12] | ||
| 2001 | Mojibor Rahaman | West Bengal Socialist Party[13] | ||
| 2006 | Chand Mohammad | West Bengal Socialist Party[14] | ||
| 2011 | Chand Mohammad | Samajwadi Party/All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Chand Mohammad of Samajwadi Party defeated his nearest rival Sagir Hossain of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Chand Mohammad | 62,862 | 38.63 | -7.84# | |
| Trinamool Congress | Sagir Hossen | 49,528 | 30.43 | -19.40# | |
| Independent | Syed Alamgir | 40,376 | 24.81 | ||
| BJP | Mahebub Alam | 2,638 | |||
| MLKSC | Kamal Pasha | 2,206 | |||
| Indian Justice Party | 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.
| 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,[14] Chand Mohammad of WBSP won the 56 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.[13] Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress defeated Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M) in 1996.[12] Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M)/Independent defeated Islam Nazrul of Congress in 1991[11] 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][18]
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]
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