# Jangipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Jangipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 58 Jangipur Assembly constituency covers Jangipur municipality, Raghunathganj I community development block and Ahiran and Bansabati gram panchayats of Suti I community development block.
Jangipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | M.L.A. | Party affiliation |
| 1957 | Jangipur | Shyamapada Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Jangipur | Kuber Chand Halder | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jangipur | Muktipada Chatterjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Jangipur | Abdul Haque | Independent |
| 1969 | Jangipur | Abdul Haque | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1971 | Jangipur | Radaruddin Ahammad | Independent |
| 1972 | Jangipur | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Jangipur | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1982 | Jangipur | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Jangipur | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Jangipur | Abdul Haque | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1996 | Jangipur | Habibur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Jangipur | Abul Hasnat | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2006 | Jangipur | Abul Hasnat | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2011 | Jangipur | Md. Sohrab | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | Jangipur | Jakir Hossain | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Jangipur | Jakir Hossain | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

Jakir Hossain held the seat while Sujit Das of the BJP took second spot from the Left Front-Congress Alliance which only scored 4.57% of the vote.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Jakir Hossain | 136,444 | 68.82 | +31.59 |
| | BJP | Sujit Das | 43,964 | 22.17 | +9.23 |
| | RSP | Jane Alam Mian | 9,067 | 4.57 | +4.57 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,557 | 2.3 | +0.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 92,480 | 46.65 | +35.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,98,401 | 77.78 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | +31.59 | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Jakir Hossain of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Somnath Singha Ray of CPI(M).
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Jakir Hossain | 66,869 | 37.23 | +37.23 |
| | CPI(M) | Somnath Singha Ray | 46,236 | 25.75 | −16.70 |
| | INC | Md. Sohrab | 34,863 | 19.41 | −27.35 |
| | BJP | Sudhan Kumar Das | 23,240 | 12.94 | +4.90 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,853 | 1.59 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,633 | 11.49 | +7.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,79,758 | 83.82 | −1.74 |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | +26.97 | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Mohammad Sohrab of Congress defeated his nearest rival Purnima Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jangipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Md. Sohrab | 68,699 | 46.76 | +8.53 |
| | CPI(M) | Purnima Bhattacharya | 62,363 | 42.45 | −6.40 |
| | BJP | Anamitra Banerjee | 11,804 | 8.04 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Mirza Nashiruddin | 4,038 | 2.75 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,336 | 4.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,46,905 | 85.56 | |
| | INC gain from RSP | INC gain from RSP | Swing | | |
.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006. Change noted is based on RSP's vote percentage in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Abul Hasnat of RSP won the Jangipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Habibur Rahaman of Congress/ Independent. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Habibur Rahman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1996. Abdul Haque of RSP defeated Habibur Rahaman of Congress in 1991. Habibur Rahaman of Congress defeated Abdul Haque of RSP in 1987, Badaruddin Ahmed, Independent, in 1982 and Achintya Singha of SUC in 1977.

### 1957–1972

Habibur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972. Radaruddin Ahammad, Independent, won in 1971. Abdul Haque of RSP/Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Muktipada Chatterjee of Congress won in 1962. Jangipur was joint seat in 1957. Shyamapada Bhattachacharya and Kuber Chand Halder, both of Congress, won.