In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Murshidabad Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Taher Khan | All India Trinamool Congress | 604024 | 0 | 322 | 604346 | 41.57 | Winner |
| Abu Hena, S/O - Late Abdus Sattar | Indian National Congress | 377721 | 0 | 208 | 377929 | 26 | 1st Runner-up |
| Humayun Kabir | Bharatiya Janata Party | 246745 | 0 | 1064 | 247809 | 17.05 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Badaruddoza Khan | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 180662 | 0 | 131 | 180793 | 12.44 | 3rd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 15012 | 0 | 13 | 15025 | 1.03 | 4th Runner-up |
| Humayun Kabir Sekh | Independent | 7178 | 0 | 2 | 7180 | 0.49 | 5th Runner-up |
| Kamarujjaman (Bakul) Khandekar | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 5649 | 0 | 6 | 5655 | 0.39 | 6th Runner-up |
| Mijanul Haque | Bahujan Samaj Party | 4509 | 0 | 12 | 4521 | 0.31 | 7th Runner-up |
| Md. Jalaluddin Mondal | Independent | 4040 | 0 | 0 | 4040 | 0.28 | 8th Runner-up |
| Md. Habibur Rahaman | Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim | 2836 | 0 | 3 | 2839 | 0.2 | 9th Runner-up |
| Abu Hena, S/O - Sazzad Ali | Independent | 2500 | 0 | 3 | 2503 | 0.17 | 10th Runner-up |
| Dhananjoy Sarkar | Bahujan Mukti Party | 1107 | 0 | 8 | 1115 | 0.08 | 11th Runner-up |
The Lok Sabha Constituency of Murshidabad is one of West Bengal's 42 parliamentary constituencies and has six Vidhan Sabha segments. The Murshidabad Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 11) consists of 1,192,899 number of electorates in totality, of these 622,002 are males and 570,897 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests. It was formed in the year 1951 and has over 1,052,000 voters. Murshidabad District is the 9th most populated district of India and its headquarters is located in Baharampur. Murshidabad was the earlier seat of power of the Bengal Nawabs. It is bordered by the Malda District on the north. Bangladesh lies to its east. The total area is 5,320 sq km and the total population is over 7,100,000.
There is a 52% male majority in the area and a district has a population density of 1,334 people per sq km. The sex ratio is 957 females per 1000 males and the average literacy rate is 68%. The district has a 64% Muslim majority. Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English are widely spoken here. Agriculture and tourism are the major economic activities of the area. Cultivation of crops like wheat, rice and mangoes are common here. It receives the financial aid from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme as it is one of the 250 most backward districts of the country. The road and rail network are connect the district to nearby cities.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Murshidabad Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Murshidabad parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Murshidabad constituency is Shri Badaruddoza Khan of CPM.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | Murshidabad | GEN | Badaruddoza Khan | M | CPM | 426947 | Abdul Mannan Hossain | M | INC | 408494 |
| 2009 | 11 | Murshidabad | GEN | Hossain,Shri Abdul Mannan | M | INC | 496348 | Anisur Rahaman Sarkar | M | CPM | 460701 |
| 2004 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Abdul Mannan Hossain | M | INC | 461895 | Moinul Hassan Ahamed | M | CPM | 446415 |
| 1999 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Moinul Hassan | M | CPM | 391366 | Mannan Hossain | M | INC | 268006 |
| 1998 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Moinul Hassan | M | CPM | 463401 | Anarul Hossain Khan | M | INC | 272935 |
| 1996 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Masudal Hossain Syed | M | CPM | 452273 | Anarul Hossain Khan | M | INC | 415088 |
| 1991 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Masudal Hossain Syed | M | CPM | 382003 | Ali Hossain Mondal | M | INC | 269402 |
| 1989 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Masudal Hossain Syed | M | CPM | 368860 | Azizur Rahman | M | INC | 312316 |
| 1984 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Syed Musudal Hossain | M | CPM | 316571 | Azizur Rahman | M | INC | 310309 |
| 1980 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Masudal Hassain Syed | M | CPM | 291325 | Abdus Sattar | M | INC(I) | 222570 |
| 1977 | 9 | Murshidabad | GEN | Syed Kazim Ali Meerza | M | BLD | 140927 | Azizur Rahman | M | INC | 104838 |
| 1972 | By Pol | Murshidabad | GEN | S.Badrudduja | M | IND | 177401 | M.K. Bakhas | M | INC | 133711 |
| 1971 | 8 | Murshidabad | GEN | Chowdhury Abu Taleb | M | IND | 93716 | Syed Badrudduja | M | IND | 73334 |
| 1967 | 8 | Murshidabad | GEN | S. Badrudduja | M | IND | 141402 | M. K. Bukhsh | M | INC | 126436 |
| 1962 | 7 | Murshidabad | GEN | Syed Badrudduja | M | IND | 102067 | Abdus Sattar | M | INC | 82231 |
| 1957 | 5 | Murshidabad | GEN | Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh | M | INC | 85041 | Abu K. M. Zakaria | M | PSP | 80646 |
| 1951 | 5 | Murshidabad | GEN | Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh | M | INC | 124892 | Dhirendra Nath Rai | M | IND | 52661 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Murshidabad Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Murshidabad parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bhagabangola | Raninagar | Murshidabad |
| Hariharpara | Domkal | Jalangi |
| Karimpur | ||
Last Updated on June 28, 2019