Murarai Assembly constituency

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

Murarai
Constituency No. 294 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Murarai Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Lok Sabha constituency	Birbhum
Established	1951
Total electors	278,457 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mosarraf Hossain
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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.^[1]

Murarai Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Jogendra Narayan Das		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Constituency abolished
1962	Shamsuddin Ahammad		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1967	Bazle Ahmed		Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
1969
1971
1972	Dr. Motahar Hossain		Indian National Congress
1977
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006
2011	Noor Alam Chowdhury		Trinamool Congress
2016	Abdur Rahaman Liton
2021	Dr. Mosarraf Hossain

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	CPI(M)
	INC
	SUCI(C)
	BSP
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2024 Lead

2024 Indian general election in West Bengal: Murarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satabdi Roy	106331	48.68	18.55
	INC	Milton Rashid	56488	25.86	17.93
	BJP	Debtanu Bhattacharya	47481	21.74	0.40
	Independent	Amiy Ghosh	1419	0.65	new
	NOTA	None of the above	1233	0.56	0.13
	API	Lakshmi Hembrom	1206	0.56	new
	SUCI(C)	Ayesha Khatun	1079	0.49	0.36
	BSP	Rajnath Sarkar	1045	0.48	0.27
	Independent	Abdul Imran	591	0.27	new
	Independent	Saurav Mudi	482	0.22	new
	Bharatiya National Janata Dal	Md. Jakir Hossain	432	0.20	new
	All India Arya Mahasabha	Biswajit Mishra	396	0.18	new
	Indian National Socialistic Action Forces	Dola Sarkar	238	0.11	new
Majority			49843	22.82	18.55
Turnout			218421	78.44	4.36
	AITC hold		Swing	18.55

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mosarraf Hossain	146,496	67.23	19.72
	BJP	Debasish Roy	48,250	22.14	19.46
	INC	Asif Ekbal	17,287	7.93	33.44
	SUCI	Ansarul Saiekh	1,857	0.85	0.39
	BSP	Tarak Let	1,640	0.75	0.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,509	0.69	0.16
	Socialist Party (india)	Samsul Miya	878	0.40	new
Majority			98,246	45.09	19.72
Turnout			217,917	82.8	2.32
	AITC hold		Swing	19.72

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abdur Rahaman (Liton)	94,661	47.51	0.24
	INC	Ali Mortuza Khan	94,381	47.37	new
	BJP	Hayatunninsh Bibi	5,353	2.68	0.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,689	0.85
	BSP	Belal Sekh	1,376	0.69	1.20
	SUCI	Mangal Hemram	917	0.46	new
	RLD	Samshul Miya	866	0.43	new
Majority			280	0.14	0.24
Turnout			199235	85.12	0.92
	AITC hold		Swing	0.24

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murarai^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nure Alam Chowdhury	77,817	47.75	44.43
	CPI(M)	Dr. Qamre Elahi	73,414	45.05	2.65
	BJP	Sudhiranjan Das Goswami	4,961	3.04	new
	BSP	Shiblal Sardar	3,074	1.89	0.03
	Independent	Md. Ejrail	2,471	1.52	new
	JP	Mir Mukid Hazi Rekib	1,228	0.75	new
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			4,403	2.70	0.05
Turnout			162,965	86.06	1.34
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	2.62

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Qamre Elahi	61876	47.70	1.07
	INC	Dr. Motahar Hossain	57657	44.45	new
	AITC	Golam Mujtoba (pintu)	4314	3.32	41.54
	Independent	Mangal Hemram	3375	2.60	new
	BSP	Adhir Rabidas	2494	1.92	new
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			4219	3.25	1.07
Turnout			129716	87.4	7.7
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.07

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Qamre Elahi	52186	46.63	1.87
	AITC	Dr. Motahar Hossain	50205	44.86	new
	BJP	Nanda Kishore Mondal	4180	3.74	0.03
	Independent	Rafiqual Hossain	2734	2.44	new
	Party For Democratic Socialism	Durgadas Ghosh	2605	2.33	new
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			1981	1.77	1.87
Turnout			111910	79.7	6.71
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.87

1977–1996

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.^[5]

1951–1972

Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress won in 1972. Bazle Ahmed of SUCI 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]