Beldanga Assembly constituency

Beldanga Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Beldanga
Constituency No. 71 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Beldanga Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Baharampur
Established	1951
Total electors	252,944
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Hasanuzzaman Sk
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 71 Beldanga Assembly constituency covers Beldanga municipality, Bhabta I, Bhabta II, Debkundu, Mirjapur II, Mahula I and Sujapur Kumarpur gram panchayats of Beldanga I community development block, and Bhakuri II, Haridasmati, Naoda Panur, Rajdharpara and Rangamati Chandpara gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.^[1]

Beldanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Member	Party
Beldanga
1951	Parimal Ghosh		Indian National Congress[2]
1957[3]
1962	Debsaran Ghosh		Revolutionary Socialist Party[4]
1967	A. Latif		Indian National Congress[5]
1969	Muhammed Khuda Baksh		Independent[6]
1971	Timir Baran Bhaduri		Revolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1972[8]
1977[9]
1982	Nurul Islam Choudhury		Indian National Congress[10]
1987[11]
1991[12]
1996	Timir Baran Bhaduri		Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2001	Golam Kibria Mia		Indian National Congress[14]
2006	Mohammad Refatullah		Revolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2011	Sheikh Safiujjaman		Indian National Congress[16]
2016[17]
2021	Hasanuzzaman Sheikh		Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Beldanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Hasanuzzaman Sk	112,862	55.19	22.96
	BJP	Sumit Ghosh	59,030	28.86	14.29
	INC	Safiujjaman Sheikh	26,949	13.18	36.25
	Independent	Kajal Ghosh Biswas	1,968	0.96	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,368	0.67	0.6
Majority			53,832	26.33	9.13
Turnout			2,04,511	80.85	0.65
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Sk. Shafiujjaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Golam Kibria Mia of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Beldanga constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Seikh Safiujjaman	87,017	49.43	+4.11
	AITC	Golam Kibria Mia	56,736	32.23
	BJP	Alok Ghosh	25,651	14.57	+3.03
	IUML	Ittefa Hossain	2,865	1.63	−4.17
	NOTA	None of the above	2,229	1.27
	SP	Marjina Khatun	1,552	0.88
Turnout			176,050	80.20	−1.87
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sk. Shafiujjaman of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Refatullah of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Beldanga constituency^[16][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Seikh Safiujjaman	67,888	45.32	+0.11
	RSP	Md. Refatullah	54,005	36.05	−10.23
	BJP	Alok Ghosh	17,282	11.54
	IUML	Abul Hossain	8,693	5.80
	JD(U)	Masah Gulashunnaher Banu	1,943	1.30
Turnout			149,811	82.07
	INC gain from RSP		Swing	+10.34

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections^[15] Md. Refatullah of RSP won the Beldanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Golam Kibria Mia of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Golam Kibria Mia of Congress defeated Timir Baran Bhaduri of RSP in 2001.^[14] Timir Baran Bhaduri of RSP defeated Nurul Islam Choudhury of Congress in 1996.^[13] Nurul Islam Choudhury of Congress defeated Sk. Nowshad Ali of RSP in 1991^[12] and 1987,^[11] and Timir Baran Bhaduri of RSP in 1982.^[10] Timir Baran Bhaduri of RSP defeated Nurul Islam Choudhury of Congress in 1977.^[9][19]

1951–1972

Timir Baran Bhaduri of RSP won in 1972^[8] and 1971.^[7] Muhammed Khuda Baksh, Independent, won in 1969.^[6] A. Latif of Congress won in 1967.^[5] Debsaran Ghosh of RSP won in 1962.^[4] Parimal Ghosh of Congress won from the Beldanga seat in 1957^[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.^[2]