Jangipur Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in Murshidabad district in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 58 Jangipur Assembly constituency covers Jangipur municipality, Raghunathganj I

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Ahiran Ahiran is a village in the Suti I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It serves as the Headquarters of the Suti I administrative division. History This is a historical village of ...

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Bansabati Bansabati is a village and a gram panchayat in the Suti I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to ...

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s of Suti I

. Jangipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 9

Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district. Assembly segments As per orde ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

Jakir Hossain held the seat while Sujit Das of the BJP took second spot from the Left Front-Congress Alliance which only scored 4.57% of the vote.

2016

In the 2016 election, Jakir Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Somnath Singha Ray of CPI(M).

2011

In the 2011 election, Mohammad Sohrab of Congress defeated his nearest rival Purnima Bhattacharya of CPI(M). .# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006. Change noted is based on RSP's vote percentage in 2006.

1977–2006

In the

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and 2001 state assembly elections Abul Hasnat of RSP won the Jangipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Habibur Rahaman of

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/ Independent. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Habibur Rahman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1996. Abdul Haque of RSP defeated Habibur Rahaman of Congress in 1991. Habibur Rahaman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1987, Badaruddin Ahmed, Independent, in 1982 and Achintya Singha of SUC in 1977.

1957–1972

Habibur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972. Radaruddin Ahammad, Independent, won in 1971. Abdul Haque of RSP/Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Muktipada Chatterjee of Congress won in

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. Jangipur was joint seat in

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. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won. In 1951 Jangipur seat was not there but there was a joint seat at Sagardighi. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won.

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{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Murshidabad district