Rejinagar is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. It falls under the Berhampore Lok Sabha constituency.
In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly election, the constituency had a total of 1,85,129 registered voters.
Voter turnout in previous election
The voter turnout in Rejinagar in the previous Assembly election was 82.34 percent.
Past election results and winners
In the 2016 Assembly polls, Rabiul Alam Chowdhury of the Indian National Congress party was elected to power after securing 79,770 votes as against 74,210 votes won by Humayun Kabir, who contested independently. He was defeated by a margin 5,560 votes.
In 2011 Congress won from this seat as well. Humayun Kabir from Congress was fielded against Sirajul Islam Mondal of the Revolutionary Socialist Party and was declared the winner upon securing 77,542 votes. Mondal became the runner up and lost the electoral battle by a margin of 8,761 votes or 5.62 percent.
On 26 February, the Election Commission announced the schedule for Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Puducherry.
The voting will begin on 27 March, with Bengal having the maximum eight phases continuing till 29 April, the poll body had said.
The election will be held to elect a total of 294 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
The state is held by the AITC with an absolute majority, with Mamata Banerjee on her second consecutive term as chief minister. The ruling party is fighting a pitched battle with archrival BJP, while the Congress-led alliance is also a key player in the fray.
March 14, 2021 at 06:54PM
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