Murarai Assembly constituency

Murarai
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	252,203 (2026)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Mosarraf Hossain
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2026
Preceded by	Abdur Rahaman Liton

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

Overview

According to the Election Commission of India, 252,004 voters were eligible to vote in the West Bengal assembly elections in Murarai. This includes 129,432 Male, 122,571 Female, and 1 third gender.

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
1951	Jogendra Narayan Das	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Kazi Abu Muhammad	Indipendent
1962	Shamsuddin Ahammad	Revolutionary Socialist Party
1967	Bazle Ahmed	Socialist Unity Centre of India
1969
1971
1972	Dr. Motahar Hossain	Indian National Congress
1977
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi	Communist Party of India
2006
2011	Noor Alam Chowdhury	Trinamool Congress
2016	Abdur Rahaman Liton
2021	Mosarraf Hossain
2026

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai^[2]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mosarraf Hossain	96,902	39.89	27.34
	INC	Sanjibur Rahaman	59,197	24.37	16.44
	BJP	Rinki Ghosh	58,664	24.15	2.01
	CPI(M)	Md. Ali Reza Mandal	13,137	5.41
	AIMIM	Tasir Sekh	6,326	2.6
	ISF	Hazrat Ali	3,477	1.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,166	0.48	0.21
Majority	37,705	15.52	29.57
Turnout	242,939	96.33	13.53
	AITC hold	Swing	N/A

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai^[3]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mosarraf Hossain	146,496	67.23	9.72
	BJP	Debasish Roy	48,250	22.14	19.46
	INC	Asif Ekbal	17,287	7.93	39.44
	NOTA	None of the above	1,509	0.69	0.16
Majority	98,246	45.09	44.95
Turnout	217,917	82.8	2.32
	AITC hold	Swing	N/A

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
	BSP	Belal Sekh	1,376	0.69	1.20
	SUCI	Mangal Hemram	917	0.46	New
	RLD	Samshul Miya	866	0.43	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,689	0.85	New
Majority	280	0.14	0.24
Turnout	199235	85.12	0.96
Registered electors	234,078		19.12
	AITC hold	Swing	N/A

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Murarai^[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
Majority	4,403	2.70	0.05
Turnout	162,965	86.08	1.30
Registered electors	189,320		21.59
	AITC gain from CPI(M)	Swing	N/A

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
Majority	4219	3.25	1.07
Turnout	129716	87.38	7.72
Registered electors	148,450		5.37
	CPI(M) hold	Swing	N/A

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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
	PDS	Durgadas Ghosh	2605	2.33	New
Majority	1981	1.77	1.87
Turnout	111910	79.66	6.75
Registered electors	140,475		3.42
	CPI(M) gain from INC	Swing	N/A

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1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Dr. Motahar Hossain of INC defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M). ^[7]

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Dr. Motahar Hossain of INC defeated Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M).^[8]

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Dr. Motahar Hossain of INC defeated Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M).^[9]

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Murarai

Dr. Motahar Hossain of INC defeated Matiur Rahman of CPI(M).^[10]

In independent India's first election Jogendra Narayan Das of KMPP defeated Muddasar Hossain of INC.^[18]

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "Murarai". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.^{[dead link]}
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↑ "294 – Murarai Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "294 – Murarai Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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[delimitation-1] 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

[election2026-2] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2021-3] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2011-4] "Murarai". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.^{[dead link]}

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Overview

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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