Murarai is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Birbhum district

Birbhum district

Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is located at Suri...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Murarai I community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Murarai II

Murarai II (community development block)

Murarai II is an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Murarai police station serves this block...

 community development block.

Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

Birbhum is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal...

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2011

In the 2011 elections , Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Kamre Elahi of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. Qamre Elahi of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Murarai assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 /Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 and Bazle Ahammad of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951–1972

Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress won in 1972. Bazle Ahmed of SUC won in 1971 and 1969. B.Ahmad, Independent, won in 1967. Shamsuddin Ahammad of RSP

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...

 won in 1962. The Murarai seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Jogendra Narayan Das of KMPP

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India...

won.