Murarai Assembly constituency

Murarai Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Murarai I CD Block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block.

Murarai Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abdur Rahaman 146,496 67.00
BJP Debasish Roy 48,250 22.00
INC Asif Ekbal 17,287 8.00
SUCI Ansarul Saiekh 1,857 1.00
BSP Tarak Let 1,640 1.00
NOTA None of the Above 1,509 1.00
Majority 98,246
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murarai 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nure Alam Chowdhury 77,817 47.75 -0.03#
CPI(M) Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi 73,414 45.05 -2.65
BJP Sudhiranjan Das Goswami 4,961 3.04
BSP Shiblal Sardar 3,074 1.89
Independent Md. Ejrail 2,471
JP Mir Mukid Hazi Rekib 1,228
Turnout 162,965 86.06
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +2.62#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi of CPI(M) won the Murarai assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress /Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 and Bazle Ahmed of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951–1972

Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress won in 1972. Bazle Ahmed of SUC won in 1971 and 1969. B.Ahmad, Independent, won in 1967. Shamsuddin Ahammad of RSP won in 1962. The Murarai seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Jogendra Narayan Das of KMPP won.