Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:	LS
Murshidabad
Established:	1951–present
Reservation:	None
Party:	All India Trinamool Congress
Mp:	Abu Taher Khan
Latest Election Year:	2024
State:	West Bengal
Assembly Cons:	Bhagabangola Raninagar Murshidabad Hariharpara Domkal Jalangi Karimpur
Electors:	18,88,097 (2024)^[1]

Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. While six assembly segments of No. 11 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district, one assembly segment is in Nadia district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 11 Murshidabad is composed of the following segments from 2009:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	District	Party (as of 2021)	Party (Leading in 2024 Indian General Elections)
62	Bhagabangola	Murshidabad	AITC	AITC
63	Raninagar		AITC	CPI(M)
64	Murshidabad		BJP	BJP
73	Hariharpara		AITC	AITC
75	Domkal		AITC	AITC
76	Jalangi		AITC	AITC
77	Karimpur	Nadia	AITC	AITC

In 2004 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3] Lalgola (assembly constituency no. 55), Bhagabangola (assembly constituency no. 56), Murshidabad (assembly constituency no. 58), Jalangi (assembly constituency no. 59), Domkal (assembly constituency no. 60), Hariharpara (assembly constituency no. 62), Karimpur (assembly constituency no. 69)

Members of the Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name	Party
First	1952–57	Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh	^[4]
Second	1957–62	Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh^[5]
Third	1962–67	Syed Badrudduja	^[6]
Fourth	1967–71	Syed Badrudduja^[7]
Fifth	1971–77	Abu Taleb Chowdhury	^[8]
Sixth	1977–80	Kazim Ali Meerza	^[9]
Seventh	1980–84	Syed Masudal Hossain	^[10]
Eighth	1984–89	Syed Masudal Hossain^[11]
Ninth	1989–91	Syed Masudal Hossain^[12]
Tenth	1991–96	Syed Masudal Hossain^[13]
Eleventh	1996–98	Syed Masudal Hossain^[14]
Twelfth	1998–99	Moinul Hassan^[15]
Thirteenth	1999-04	Moinul Hassan^[16]
Fourteenth	2004–09	Abdul Mannan Hossain	^[17]
Fifteenth	2009–14	Abdul Mannan Hossain^[18]
Sixteenth	2014-2019	Badaruddoza Khan	^[19]
Seventeenth	2019-2024	Abu Taher Khan
Eighteenth	2024-2029	Abu Taher Khan

Election results

General elections 1952–2004

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1952	Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh	Indian National Congress	Dhirendra Nath Rai	Independent^[20]
1957	Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh	Indian National Congress	Abu K.M.Zakaria	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Syed Badaruddoja	Independent	Abdus Sattar	Indian National Congress
1967	Syed Badaruddoja	Independent	M.K.Bukhsh	Indian National Congress
1972	Syed Badaruddoja	Independent	M.K. Bakhas	Indian National Congress
1977	Syed Kazim Ali Meerza	Bharatiya Lok Dal	Azizur Rahman	Indian National Congress
1980	Syed Masudal Hossain	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Abdus Sattar	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984	Syed Masudal Hossain	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Azizur Rahman	Indian National Congress
1989	Syed Masudal Hossain	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Azizur Rahman	Indian National Congress
1991	Syed Masudal Hossain	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Ali Hossain Mondal	Indian National Congress
1996	Syed Masudal Hossain	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Anarul Hossain Khan	Indian National Congress
1998	Moinul Hassan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Anarul Hossain Khan	Indian National Congress
1999	Moinul Hassan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Abdul Mannan Hossain	Indian National Congress
2004	Abdul Mannan Hossain	Indian National Congress	Moinul Hassan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

See also

• Murshidabad
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• 1972 Murshidabad by-election

Notes and References

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 27 May 2009 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
3. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 1 October 2010 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India.
4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951– Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2013.
5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957– Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2013.
6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962– Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2013.
7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf . 18 July 2014 . dead .
8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 .
9. Web site: General Elections, 1977 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
10. Web site: General Elections, 1980 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
11. Web site: General Elections, 1984 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
12. Web site: General Elections, 1989 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
13. Web site: General Elections, 1991 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
14. Web site: General Elections, 1996 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
15. Web site: General Elections, 1998 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf . 18 July 2014 . dead .
16. Web site: General Elections, 1999 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf . 18 July 2014 . dead .
17. Web site: General Elections, 2004 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
18. Web site: General Elections, 2009 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
19. Web site: General Elections 2014 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 21 June 2016 .
20. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951– Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120817/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF . 4 March 2016 .