Samserganj Assembly constituency

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

Samserganj
Constituency No. 56 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Samserganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Maldaha Dakshin
Established	2011
Total electors	235,570
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amirul Islam
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 56 Samserganj Assembly constituency covers Dhulian municipality and Bhasaipaikar, Bogdadnagar, Chachanda, Dogachhi, Napara, Nimtita, Pratapganj and Tinpukuria gram panchayats of Samserganj community development block.^[1]

Samserganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party Affiliation
2011	Touab Ali	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
2016	Amirul Islam	Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Samserganj^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amirul Islam	96,417	51.13	+20.72
	INC	Zaidur Rahman	70,038	37.14	New
	BJP	Milan Ghosh	10,800	5.73	−1.44
	CPI(M)	Md. Modassar Hossain	6,158	3.27	−26.04
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,064	1.62	−0.45
Majority			26,379	13.99	+12.87
Turnout			1,88,627	80.07	−1.85
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Samserganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amirul Islam	48,381	30.41
	CPI(M)	Touab Ali	46,601	29.31
	IND	Md. Rejaul Hoque	42,389	26.66
	BJP	Milan Ghosh	11,397	7.17
	NOTA	None of the above	3,290	2.07
Majority			1,780	1.12
Turnout			1,59,033	81.92
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Touab Ali of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mousumi Begum of Congress,

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Samserganj^[2][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Touab Ali	61,138	46.43
	INC	Mousumi Begum	53,349	40.52
	BJP	Sasthi Charan Ghosh	6,031	4.58
	SDPI	Md Affan Ali	4,256	3.23
	BSP	Jaydeb Goswami	2,411	1.83
	IND	Seikh Samshul	1,966	1.49
Majority			7,789	5.92
Turnout			1,31,694	86.35
	CPI(M) win (new seat)