# Bhagabangola Assembly constituency

Bhagabangola 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. 62 Bhagwangola Assembly constituency covers Bhagwangola II community development block and Bhagwangola, Habaspur, Hanumantanagar, Kuthirampur, Mahammadpur, Mahisasthali and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Bhagwangola I CD Block.
Bhagwangola Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Hafizur Rehman Kazi | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Sailendra Nath Adhicary | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1967 | S.Bhattachrya | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Sailendra Nath Adhicary | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1971 | Md. Samaun Biswas | Independent |
| 1972 | Mohammad Deedar Baksh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Kazi Hafizur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1982 | Kazi Hafizur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Syed Nawabjani Meerza | CPIM-Supported Independent |
| 1991 | Syed Nawabjani Meerza | CPIM-Supported Independent |
| 1996 | Abu Sufian Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Mojibor Rahaman | West Bengal Socialist Party |
| 2006 | Chand Mohammad | West Bengal Socialist Party |
| 2011 | Chand Mohammad | Samajwadi Party/All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Mahasin Ali | Communist party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Idris Ali | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Bhagabangola :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Reyat Houssen Sarkar | 107,096 | 48.34 | 19.71 |
| | INC | Anju Begum | 91,479 | 41.29 | New |
| | BJP | Bhaskar Sarkar | 17,288 | 7.8 | 0.41 |
| | ISF | Md Murshidul Alam | 2,298 | 1.04 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,255 | 0.57 | 0.93 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,617 | 7.05 | 39.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2021

In the 2021 election, Idris Ali of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Md. Kamal Hossain of CPI (M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bhagabangola constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Idris Ali | 153,795 | 68.05 | 31.95 |
| | CPI(M) | Md. Kamal Hossain | 47,787 | 21.15 | 33.95 |
| | BJP | Mehbub Alam | 16,707 | 7.39 | 4.59 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,396 | 1.50 | |
| | Independent | Md. Mosaraf Hossain | 827 | 0.37 | |
| | BSP | Seikh Rabiul Alam | 784 | 0.35 | |
| | Independent | Syed Imran Ali Meerza | 652 | 0.29 | 1.51 |
| | IUML | Sk. Rejaul Karim | 617 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| | SUCI(C) | Abdul Mabud Nayan | 449 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| | Bahujan Maha Party | Mst. Sikha Khatun | 421 | 0.19 | |
| | Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 290 | 0.13 | |
| | United Socialist Party | Ali Hossain | 265 | 0.12 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106,008 | 46.90 | 37.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 225,990 | 90.80 | 4 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Mahasin Ali of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival, Abu Sufian Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhagabangola constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Mahasin Ali | 105,037 | 54.39 |
| | AITC | Abu Sufian Sarkar | 68,732 | 35.59 |
| | BJP | Mehbub Alam | 5,278 | 2.73 |
| | Independent | Syed Imran Ali Meerza | 3,457 | 1.79 |
| | SP | Hajikul Alam | 3,228 | 1.67 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,554 | 1.32 |
| | IUML | Kamal Pasha | 1,855 | 0.96 |
| | SUCI(C) | Rahul Amin | 1,039 | 0.54 |
| | Independent | Asaduzzaman | 763 | 0.40 |
| | Independent | Abdul Matin | 669 | 0.35 |
| | Independent | Anju Bagum | 510 | 0.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,305 | 18.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 193,122 | 85.98 |
| | CPI(M) gain from SP | CPI(M) gain from SP | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016. Chand Mohammad was the SP candidate in 2011.

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Chand Mohammad of Samajwadi Party defeated his nearest rival Sagir Hossain of Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhagabangola constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Chand Mohammad | 62,862 | 38.63 | −7.84# |
| | AITC | Sagir Hossen | 49,528 | 30.43 | −19.40# |
| | Independent | Syed Alamgir | 40,376 | 24.81 | |
| | BJP | Mahebub Alam | 2,638 | | |
| | MLKSC | Kamal Pasha | 2,206 | | |
| | IJP | Seikh Ajfar Ali | 1,752 | | |
| | Independent | Najrul Islam | 1,745 | | |
| | Independent | Gazi Rahman | 1,641 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 162,748 | 90.88 | |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | +11.56# | |
Syed Alamgir, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Chand Mohammad was the WBSP candidate in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Chand Mohammad of WBSP won the 62 Bhagabangola assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mojibor Rahaman of WBSP defeated Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress in 2001. Abu Sufian Sarkar of Congress defeated Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M) in 1996. Syed Nawabjani Meerza of CPI(M)/Independent defeated Islam Nazrul of Congress in 1991 and Mojibur Rahaman of Congress in 1987. Kazi Hafizur Rahman of Congress/ Independent defeated Sailen Adhicary, Independent, in 1982 and Sheikh Kazimuddin of CPI(M) in 1977.

### 1957–1972

Mohammad Dedar Baksh of Congress won in 1972. Md. Samaun Biswas, Independent, won in 1971. Sailendra Nath Adhicary of SSP won in 1969. S. Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1967. Sailendra Nath Adhicary of PSP won in 1962. Hafizur Rehman Kazi of Congress won in 1957.