- Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Murarai — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
MuraraiCoordinates: 24°27′N 87°52′E / 24.45°N 87.867°ECoordinates: 24°27′N 87°52′E / 24.45°N 87.867°E Country 
IndiaState West Bengal District Birbhum Constituency No. 294 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency 42. Birbhum Electoral system First past the post Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মুরারই বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Murarai I community development block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayats of Murarai II community development block.[1]
Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
2011
In the 2011 elections , Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Kamre Elahi of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murarai [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Trinamool Congress Nure Alam Chowdhury 77,817 47.75 -0.03# CPI(M) Kamre 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 Janata Party Mir Mukid Hazi Rekib 1,228 Turnout 162,965 86.06 Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing +2.62# .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 6 
5Indian National Congress 2 1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 
4Forward bloc 1 1Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 11977–2006
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. 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 Ahammad of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Murarai". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25294.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Murarai. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=294. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Murarai. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "294 – Murarai Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp294.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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