Ratua Assembly constituency

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

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Constituency No. 48 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
Lok Sabha constituencyMaldaha Uttar
Established1951
Total electors282,451
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021
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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 48 Ratua Assembly constituency covers Ratua I community development block and Araidanga, Paranpur, Pukuria and Sambalpur gram panchayats of Ratua II community development block.[1]

Ratua Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election results

2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ratua
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
Aam Janata Unnayan Party Royal Islam
BJP
LF
INC
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing
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2021

In the 2021 election, Samar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Abhishek Singhania of BJP.

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ratua
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Samar Mukherjee 130,674 59.63 +31.01
BJP Abhishek Singhania 55,024 25.11 +11.29
INC Najema Khatun 16,173 7.38 −44.48
Independent Payel Khatun 8,628 3.94
WPOI Arafat Ali 2,102 0.96 −1.34
NOTA None of the above 2,051 0.94 −0.23
BSP Chaitanya Rabidas 1,682 0.77 −0.05
Independent Ashok Chowdhury 1,387 0.63
Independent Sabina Easmin 856 0.39
Independent Sk. Israil 571 0.26
Turnout 219,148 83.06 +5.31
AITC gain from INC Swing
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2016

In the 2016 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Shehnaz Quadery of Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ratua constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Samar Mukherjee 96,517 51.86 +3.52
AITC Shehnaz Quadery 53,312 28.62
BJP Sanjay Kumar Saha 25,746 13.82 +11.59
WPOI Arafat Ali 4,290 2.30
NOTA None of the above 2,181 1.17
Independent Emdadul Haque 1,572 0.84
BSP Md. Kabatulla 1,531 0.82
BMP Sekh Alamin 1,029 0.55
Turnout 186,248 77.75 −2.65
INC hold Swing
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2011

In the 2011 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M).

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ratua constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Samar Mukherjee 74,936 48.34 +3.63#
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 68,075 43.92 −4.45
Independent Imadul Hoque 5,068 3.27
BJP Dilip Agorwalla 3,457 2.23
Independent Ashoke Kumar Saha 1,856
Independent Ataur 1,622
Turnout 155,014 80.40
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing +8.08#
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.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentage in 2011.

1977–2006

In the 2006[4] and 2001[5] state assembly elections, Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Ratua assembly seat defeating Asit Bose and Samar Mukherjee, both of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1996.[6] Mumtaz Begum of CPI(M) defeated Biswanath Guha and Niren Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, in 1991[7] and 1987[8] respectively. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) in 1982.[9] Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) defeated Niren Chandra Sinha of Congress in 1977.[10][11]

1951–1972

Nirendra Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Mohammad Ali, Independent, won in 1969.[14] Sourindra Mohan Mishra of Congress won in 1967.[15] Dhanswar Saha of Congress won the Ratua seat in 1962.[16] Ratua was a joint seat in 1957.[17] Sourindra Mohan Mishra and Dhaneswar Saha, both of Congress, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Md. Sayeed Mia of Congress won the Ratua seat.[18]

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