Murshidabad

Murshidabad (Pron: ˈmʊəʃɪdəˌbɑ:d/bæd or ˈmɜ:ʃɪdəˌ) is a city in Murshidabad district of West Bengal state in India. The city of Murshidabad is located on the southern bank of the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganges River.

Geography

The District Of Murshidabad has an area of 2143 sq. m. It is divided into two nearly equal portions by the Bhagirathi, the ancient channel of the Ganges. The tract to the west, known as the Rarh, consists of hard clay and nodular limestone. The general level is high, but interspersed with marshes and seamed by hill torrents. The Bagri or eastern half belongs to alluvial plains of eastern Bengal. There are few permanent swamps; but the whole country is low-lying, and liable to annual inundation. In the north-west are a few small detached hillocks, said to be of basaltic formation.

History

Murshidabad was a town and district of British India, in the Bengal Presidency. In the Mughal period it was the capital of Bengal. The town of Murshidabad is on the left bank of the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly or main sacred channel of the Ganges.

Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 64 Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Murshidabad municipality, Jiaganj Azimganj municipality and Murshidabad Jiaganj community development block

Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Shaoni Singha Roy of Congress defeated her nearest rival Bibhas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc.

.# Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Bivas Chakraborty of Forward Bloc won the Murshidabad assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Joyanta Roy of IPFB. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Abdul Mannan Hossain, Independent, in 2001. Mazammel Haque, Independent, defeated Abdul Ohab Mondal of Congress in 1996, Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Asak Ali of Congress in 1991. Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress defeated Madan Mohan Ray, Independent, in 1987. Chhaya Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Dedar Bakshi of ICS in 1982 and Syed Nawab Jani Meerza of Janata Party in 1977.

Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মুর্শিদাবাদ লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. While six assembly segments of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Murshidabad district, one assembly segment is in Nadia district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 11 Murshidabad is composed of the following segments from 2009:

In 2004 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Lalgola (assembly constituency no. 55), Bhagabangola (assembly constituency no. 56), Murshidabad (assembly constituency no. 58), Jalangi (assembly constituency no. 59), Domkal (assembly constituency no. 60), Hariharpara (assembly constituency no. 62), Karimpur (assembly constituency no. 69)