Malatipur Assembly constituency

Malatipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Malatipur
Constituency No. 47 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Malatipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
LS constituencyMaldaha Uttar
Established2011
Total electors231,907
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

Malatipur Assembly constituency consists of 209 booths (parts) among which 144 parts (From part no.1 to part no.144) fall under Chanchal-II Development Block and the rest belongs to Ratua II Development Block.[1] As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 47 Malatipur Assembly constituency covers Chanchal II community development block and Maharajpur, Peerganj, Sreepur I and Sreepur II gram panchayats of Ratua II community development block.[2]

Malatipur Assembly constituency is part of 7. Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011MalatipurAbdur Rahim BoxiRevolutionary Socialist Party[3]

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Malatipur constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Abdur Rahim Boxi 126,157 68.00
BJP Mausumi Das 34,208 18.00
INC Alberuni Zulkarnein 19,827 11.00
NOTA None of the above 2,034 1.00
AIMIM Motiur Rahaman 1,643 1.00
BSP Md. Kamrul Hoda 1,023 1.00
BMP Golam Faruque 592 <1.00
Majority 91,949
Turnout
TMC gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Alberuni Zulkarnain of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdur Rahim Boxi of Revolutionary Socialist Party (India).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Malatipur constituency[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Alberuni Zulkarnain 50,643 32.27
RSP Abdur Rahim Boxi 48,043 30.61 -12.57
TMC Dr. Md. Moazzem Hossain 39,947 25.45 +12.1
BJP Saumitra Sarkar 12,941 8.25 +5.04
NOTA None of the above 3,306 2.11
BSP Chaitanya Rabidas 2,059 1.31 -0.15
Turnout 156,939 80.41 -3.2
INC gain from RSP Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Abdur Rahim Boxi of RSP defeated his nearest rival Al-beruni (Independent).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Malatipur constituency[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Abdur Rahim Boxi 54,794 43.18
Independent Al-Beruni 48,093 37.90
TMC Gautam Chakraborti 15,674 12.35
BJP Harendra Nath Paul 4,070 3.21
BSP Tahida Khatun 1,853
Independent Abdul Khaleque 1,652
Turnout 126,889 83.61

Al-Beruni, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a Congress Zilla Parishad member.[6]

References
  1. eci.nic.in
  2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Malatipur. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Malatipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  6. "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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