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MURSHIDABAD

Assembly seat no. 64 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.

West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called MURSHIDABAD. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.

Winner, 2001
CHHAYA GHOSH
FBL
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2001
22,994
15.48% of valid votes

Result, 2001

Winner
Votes
69,572
Vote share
46.85%
Margin
22,994
Runner-up
INDMANNAN HOSSAIN
Votes
46,578
Vote share
31.37%
Behind by
22,994
Electors
1,86,583
Total votes polled
1,48,493
Valid votes
1,48,493
NOTA votes
Turnout
79.6%

Full result, 2001

9 candidates · 1,48,493 valid votes

2001 election →
CHHAYA GHOSHFBLwon
69,572
46.9%
MANNAN HOSSAININD
46,578
31.4%
MOZAMMEL HAQUEPDS
15,748
10.6%
SAGIR HOSSAINAITC
5,915
4.0%
NIMAI MAJUMDERBJP
4,492
3.0%
SAJEM ALIIND
2,637
1.8%
BISWA HARI MONDALIND
1,394
0.9%
MAJED HOSSAIN MANDALBSP
1,135
0.8%
LALAN MONDALIND
1,022
0.7%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 16 elections

View all 16
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026Gouri Sankar GhoshBJP1,14,44348.18%Shaoni Singha Roy31,521
2021GOURI SANKAR GHOSHBJP95,96741.86%SHAONI SINGHA ROY2,491
2016SHAONI SINGHA ROYINC94,57947.02%ASHIM KRISHNA BHATTA25,139
2011SHAONI SINGHA ROYINC75,44146.03%BIVAS CHAKRABORTY6,352
2006BIVAS CHAKRABORTYAIFB82,31248.98%JOYANTA ROY13,298

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%27%53%80%107%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%5%10%15%21%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Margin

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