Murshidabad Constituency Report: Voters, Candidates and Results
Murshidabad, a General seat is known for its significance in the political landscape of West Bengal. The constituency has a historical importance and a dense population. It has been a politically active seat since independence.The population here is largely minority and has a rural base. The issues like agriculture, infrastructure and employment are important here. Trinamool Congress has a hold here.
Demographic Structure
There are 2,63,150 registered voters here this year. While 1,29,380 are female voters, the number of male voters is 1,33,769 and only one registration for the third gender. In 2021 there were 267767 registered voters whereas in 2016 there were 2,35,052 registered voters.
Poll Date
The Murshidabad constituency voted in the first phase of elections that was on April 23. The results will be announced after the second phase is done. The results will be out on May 4th.
Political History
The INC had the initial hold in this area when they won 1950s to 1970s elections. Then came the All India Forward Bloc which dominated the constituency in 1977,1982,1991 and 2001.Then Congress made a comeback in 2011 and 2016 with Shaoni Singha Roy. And in 2021 the BJP candidate Gouri Shankar Ghosh won the election marking the rule of BJP in this constituency since then.
Voter turnout
The voter turnout seems to be almost on the same level throughout previous years. It was 85.15% in 2021,85.58 in 2016 and 86.92 in 2011.
In 2021 a BJP candidate Gauri Shankar Ghosh won this seat by the margin of 2491 votes which was the margin of 1.1%.
Candidates:
The major candidates of this seat are:
Abdul Manan ( All India Forward Bloc)
Ali Siddiqui ( INC)
Gauri Shankar Ghosh ( BJP)
Prallad Mahato (BSP)
Gauri Shankar Ghosh won last time with almost 1.1% of winning margin vote. It would be interesting to see if the public has once again chosen him as their representative.
The voting has been done and exit polls and results are yet to be out.
Conclusion
The ruling patterns in this constituency shows that this seat has seen various leaders and parties at various times . While TMC is believed to have a strong hold here, it is also to be remembered that in the last elections BJP won. BJP is also growing their voter share adding another layer of political landscape to this constituency.The constituency has already voted and the results are yet to be declared. The results will decide the fate of the parties and the leaders.
Demographic Structure
There are 2,63,150 registered voters here this year. While 1,29,380 are female voters, the number of male voters is 1,33,769 and only one registration for the third gender. In 2021 there were 267767 registered voters whereas in 2016 there were 2,35,052 registered voters.
Poll Date
The Murshidabad constituency voted in the first phase of elections that was on April 23. The results will be announced after the second phase is done. The results will be out on May 4th.
Political History
The INC had the initial hold in this area when they won 1950s to 1970s elections. Then came the All India Forward Bloc which dominated the constituency in 1977,1982,1991 and 2001.Then Congress made a comeback in 2011 and 2016 with Shaoni Singha Roy. And in 2021 the BJP candidate Gouri Shankar Ghosh won the election marking the rule of BJP in this constituency since then.
Voter turnout
The voter turnout seems to be almost on the same level throughout previous years. It was 85.15% in 2021,85.58 in 2016 and 86.92 in 2011.
In 2021 a BJP candidate Gauri Shankar Ghosh won this seat by the margin of 2491 votes which was the margin of 1.1%.
Candidates:
The major candidates of this seat are:
Abdul Manan ( All India Forward Bloc)
Ali Siddiqui ( INC)
Gauri Shankar Ghosh ( BJP)
Prallad Mahato (BSP)
Gauri Shankar Ghosh won last time with almost 1.1% of winning margin vote. It would be interesting to see if the public has once again chosen him as their representative.
The voting has been done and exit polls and results are yet to be out.
Conclusion
The ruling patterns in this constituency shows that this seat has seen various leaders and parties at various times . While TMC is believed to have a strong hold here, it is also to be remembered that in the last elections BJP won. BJP is also growing their voter share adding another layer of political landscape to this constituency.The constituency has already voted and the results are yet to be declared. The results will decide the fate of the parties and the leaders.
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