Jangipur, West Bengal Assembly Constituency
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Jangipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in
Murshidabad district Murshidabad district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of and having a population 7.103 million (according to 2011 census), it ...
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Overview

As per orders of the
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, No. 58 Jangipur Assembly constituency covers Jangipur municipality,
Raghunathganj I Raghunathganj I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Raghunathganj is located at Raghunathganj I CD block lies in ...
community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...
and Ahiran and Bansabati gram panchayats of
Suti I Suti I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Suti I is located at Suti I CD block lies in the Rarh region in Murs ...
community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...
. 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 ord ...
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Members of the 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
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
/ 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
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
. Jangipur was joint seat in
1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won.


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Citations

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Murshidabad district Constituencies established in 1957 1957 establishments in West Bengal