Rejinagar Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Rejinagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Rejinagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 70 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Rejinagar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Baharampur |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 2,59,771 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
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.[1]
Rejinagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Humayun Kabir | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013^ | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Trinamool Congress | ||
- ^ denotes by-poll
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ataur Rahaman | ||||
| JUP | Humayun Kabir | ||||
| BJP | Bapan Ghosh | ||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | 118,494 | 56.31 |  48.4 | |
| BJP | Arabinda Biswas | 50,226 | 23.87 | 18.05 | |
| INC | Kafiruddin Sheikh | 37,282 | 17.72 |  25.4 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,560 | 0.74 | 0.42 | |
| Majority | 68,268 | 32.44 | 29.44 | ||
| Turnout | 2,10,445 | 81.01 | 1.26 | ||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | 79,770 | 43.12 | 4.04 | |
| Independent | Humayun Kabir | 74,210 | 40.12 | New | |
| AITC | Begum Siddika | 14,631 | 7.91 | 15.99 | |
| BJP | Bankim Karmakar | 10,771 | 5.82 | 3.65 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,150 | 1.16 | New | |
| Majority | 5,560 | 3.00 | 3.85 | ||
| Turnout | 1,84,993 | 82.27 | 1.82 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2013 by-election
The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to Trinamool Congress.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | 66,876 | 39.08 | 10.66 | |
| RSP | Sirajul Islam Mondal | 55,154 | 32.23 | 11.89 | |
| AITC | Humayun Kabir | 40,911 | 23.9 | 23.9 | |
| BJP | Salahuddin Sheikh | 3,720 | 2.17 | 2.15 | |
| Majority | 11,722 | 6.85 | 1.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,71,128 | 84.09 | 1.65 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Humayun Kabir of Congress defeated his nearest rival Serajul Islam Mondal of RSP.