Lalgola Assembly constituency

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

Lalgola
Constituency No. 61 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Lalgola Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Jangipur
Established	1951
Total electors	234,381
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ali Mohammad
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 61 Lalgola Assembly constituency covers Airmari Krishnapur, Bahadurpur, Bilbora Kopra, Dewansarai, Jasaitala, Kalmegha, Lalgola, Manikchak, Nashipur, Paikpara and Ramchandrapur gram panchayats of Lalgola community development block and Kantanagar gram panchayat of Bhagabangola I community development block.^[1]

Lalgola Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It Was Earlier Part of Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency) till 2009.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Member	Party
Lalgola
1951	Syed Kazim Ali Mirza		Indian National Congress[2]
1957[3]
1962[4]
1967	Abdus Sattar[5]
1969[6]
1971[7]
1972[8]
1977[9]
1982[10]
1987[11]
1991	Abu Hena[12]
1996[13]
2001[14]
2006[15]
2011[16]
2016
2021	Ali Mohammad		Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Ali Mohammad of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival Abu Hena of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Lalgola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ali Mohammad	107,860	56.64	+28.43
	INC	Abu Hena	47,153	24.76	−35.80
	BJP	Kalpana Ghosh	29,464	15.47	+9.26
	Independent	Abhijit Haldar	1,691	0.89
	NOTA	None of the above	1,394	0.73	−0.46
	SDPI	Najima Kayal	954	0.50	−1.70
	BSP	Bharat Chandra Biswas	852	0.45	−0.50
	SUCI(C)	Muntasir Zamil	653	0.34
	LJP	Kakali Debnath	417	0.22
Majority			60,707	31.88	−0.47
Turnout			190,438	81.25	−1.66
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Abu Hena of Congress defeated his nearest rival Chand Mohammad of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Lalgola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abu Hena	100,110	60.56	+8.59
	AITC	Chand Mohammad	46,635	28.21
	BJP	Amar Kumar Das	9,938	6.21	+3.52
	SDPI	Md. Sahabuddin	3,644	2.20	−1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	1,959	1.19
	BSP	Bharat Biswas	1,563	0.95
	SP	Prasanta Sarkar	1,463	0.88
Majority			53,475	32.35
Turnout			165,312	82.91	−5.88
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Abu Hena of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yean Ali of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Lalgola constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abu Hena	74,317	51.97	+0.03#
	CPI(M)	Yean Ali	58,133	40.65	−4.10
	SDPI	Babar Ali	4,778	3.34
	BJP	Amar Kumar Das	3,848	2.69
	BSP	Bharat Chandra Biswas	1,937
Turnout			143,013	88.79
	INC hold		Swing	+4.13#

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

1977–2006

In the 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006 state assembly elections, Abu Hena of Congress won the Lalgola assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Jannat Unnesa Begam of CPI(M) in 2006^[15] and Md. Johaque Ali of CPI(M) in 2001,^[14] 1996^[13] and 1991.^[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered. Abdus Sattar of Congress defeated Yean Ali of CPI(M) in 1987^[11] and 1982,^[10] and Zainal Abedin of CPI(M) in 1977.^[9][18]

1951–1972

Abdus Sattar of Congress won in 1972,^[8] 1971,^[7] 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] Syed Kazim Ali Mirza of Congress won in 1962,^[4] 1957^[3] and 1951.^[2]