| Mothabari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 52 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Mothabari Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Dakshin |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 196,324 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Mothabari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 52 Mothabari Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak II community development block, and Alinagar and Kaliachak I gram panchayats of Kaliachak I community development block.1
Mothabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).1
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sabina Yasmin | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Md. Najrul Islam | 65,705 | 40.51 | −19.19 | |
| BJP | Nibaran Ghosh | 55,209 | 34.04 | +9.02 | |
| INC | Sayem Chowdhury (Babu) | 27,451 | 16.93 | +6.57 | |
| ISF | Mo Sahajahan Ali | 9,256 | 5.71 | +3.51 | |
| AIMIM | Advocate Mostahid Haque | 1,935 | 1.19 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,328 | 0.82 | −0.49 | |
| Majority | 10,496 | 6.47 | −28.21 | ||
| Turnout | 162,178 | 95.63 | +12.53 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
In the 2021 election, Sabina Yasmin of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Shyam Chand Ghosh of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Yeasmin Sabina | 97,397 | 59.7 | ||
| BJP | Shyam Chand Ghosh | 40,824 | 25.02 | ||
| INC | Dulal Sk. | 16,903 | 10.36 | ||
| ISF | Md. Ali Kalimullah (Nur Hoque) | 3,585 | 2.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,139 | 1.31 | ||
| Majority | 56,573 | 34.68 | |||
| Turnout | 163,143 | 83.1 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
In the 2016 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Md. Najrul Islam of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sabina Yasmin | 69,089 | 51.78 | +7.67 | |
| AITC | Md. Najrul Islam | 30,915 | 23.17 | ||
| BJP | Shyam Chand Ghosh | 27,309 | 20.47 | +14.58 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,859 | 1.59 | ||
| BSP | Dinesh Kumar Jaju | 1,123 | 0.84 | ||
| Independent | Anharul Haque | 1,061 | 0.80 | ||
| SS | Prem Kumar Ghosh | 905 | 0.68 | ||
| Independent | Shyama Pada Saha | 584 | 0.44 | ||
| Hindustan Krantikari Dal | Saiyad Samser | 578 | 0.43 | ||
| Turnout | 133,423 | 80.13 | +0.39 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival Naimuddin Sheikh of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sabina Yasmin | 47,466 | 44.11 | ||
| CPI(M) | Naimuddin Sheikh | 41,446 | 38.52 | ||
| Independent | Shehnaz Quadery | 8,505 | 7.90 | ||
| BJP | Nandan Kumar Ghosh | 6,340 | 5.89 | ||
| Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League | Md. Faruque Hossain | 1,738 | |||
| BSP | Firoj Akhtar | 1,070 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Rajab Ali | 1,034 | |||
| Turnout | 107,599 | 79.74 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
The Independent candidate, Shehnaz Quadery, was a rebel candidate from the family of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury. Although her name was proposed by the local Congress, she was refused a ticket by the Congress high command.5
References
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- "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.