# Mothabari Assembly constituency

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.
Mothabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 2011 | Mothabari | Sabina Yasmin | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | | Sabina Yasmin | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | | Sabina Yasmin | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 election, Sabina Yasmin of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival, Shyam Chand Ghosh of BJP.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Mothabari constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sabina Yasmin | 97,397 | 59.70 | +36.53 |
| | BJP | Shyam Chand Ghosh | 40,824 | 25.02 | +4.55 |
| | INC | Dulal Sk. | 16,903 | 10.36 | −41.42 |
| | ISF | Md. Ali Kalimullah (Nur Hoque) | 3,585 | 2.20 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,139 | 1.31 | −0.28 |
| | Independent | Subodh Sarkar | 566 | 0.35 | |
| | KPPU | Mst. Aktari Khatun | 556 | 0.34 | |
| | Independent | Saidur Rahaman | 495 | 0.30 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Md. Ebrahim | 300 | 0.18 | |
| | IUML | Md. Faruque Hossain (Sahityaratna) | 195 | 0.12 | |
| | Independent | Ramchandra Chowdhuri | 183 | 0.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,143 | 83.10 | +2.97 |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival, Md. Najrul Islam of Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mothabari constituency :
| Party | 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 | |
| | SHS | Prem Kumar Ghosh | 905 | 0.68 | |
| | Independent | Shyama Pada Saha | 584 | 0.44 | |
| | Hindustan Krantikari Dal | Saiyad Samser | 578 | 0.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,423 | 80.13 | +0.39 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Sabina Yasmin of Congress defeated her nearest rival Naimuddin Sheikh of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mothabari constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 107,599 | 79.74 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | 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.