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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Jalangi
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Jalangi.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Jalangi Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Abdur Razzak]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]]
| constituency_no = 76
| established = 1951
| electors = 261,258
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Jalangi Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 76 Jalangi Assembly constituency covers [[Jalangi (community development block)|Jalangi]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Katlamari I, Katlamari II, Rajapur and Raninagar II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Raninagar II (community development block)|Raninagar II]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 13 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Jalangi Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Member!!colspan=2|Party
|-
| colspan="4" align=center|'''Jalangi'''
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||[[A.M.A. Zaman]]||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Golam Soleman<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Abdul Bari Moktar||{{Party name with color|Independent}}<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||rowspan=2|Azizur Rahman||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]||rowspan=2|Prafulla Kumar Sarkar||{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]||rowspan=3|Atahar Rahman||{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=9}}<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]||rowspan=4|[[Yunus Ali Sarkar]]<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||rowspan=3|[[Abdur Razzak (Murshidabad politician)|Abdur Razzak]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jalangi}}
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|candidate = [[Babar Ali (teacher)]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
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|candidate = [[Yunus Ali Sarkar]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
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===2021===
In the 2021 election, Abdur Razzak of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Saiful Islam Molla of CPI (M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections,2021]]: Jalangi constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Abdur Razzak (Murshidabad politician) | Abdur Razzak]]|votes=123,840|percentage=55.74|change=+18.68}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Saiful Islam Molla|votes=44,564|percentage=20.06|change=-30.19}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chandan Mandal|votes=43,773|percentage=19.70|change=+12.36}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rafika Sultana
|votes = 4,189
|percentage = 1.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=2,551|percentage=1.15|change=-0.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|candidate=Alsokuat Jaman|votes=1,338|percentage=0.60|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Nabendu Kumar Mondal
|votes = 729
|percentage = 0.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Amra Bangalee|candidate=Subir Kumar Sarkar|votes=388|percentage=0.17|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Mukti Party|candidate=Md. Abdul Hamid|votes=277|percentage=0.12|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Enamul Haque|votes=264|percentage=0.12|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Justice and Development Party
|candidate = Sariful Mondal
|votes = 254
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=222,167|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Abdur Razzak of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Alok Das of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Jalangi constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=76| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011| work = Jalangi| publisher = Empowering India| access-date = 20 April 2011| archive-date = 27 March 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190617/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=76| url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Abdur Razzak (Murshidabad politician) | Abdur Razzak]]|votes=96,250|percentage=50.25|change=+0.70}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Alok Das|votes=70,983|percentage=37.06|change=+9.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chandan Mondal|votes=14,050|percentage=7.34|change=+2.80}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=2,445|percentage=1.28|change=+1.28}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,91,526|percentage=83.87|change=-5.23}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Abdur Razzak of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Idris Ali of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Jalangi constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=76| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011| work = Jalangi| publisher = Empowering India| access-date = 20 April 2011| archive-date = 27 March 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190617/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=76| url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Abdur Razzak (Murshidabad politician) | Abdur Razzak]]|votes=85,144|percentage=49.55|change=-1.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Idris Ali|votes=47,283|percentage=27.52|change=-18.72#}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Samsuzzoha Biswas
|votes = 25,834
|percentage = 15.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Naba Kumar Sarkar|votes=7,796|percentage=4.54|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
|candidate = Abdul Haque Mondal
|votes = 1,639
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hashim Biswas
|votes = 1,616
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Manindranath Sarkar|votes=1,119|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Sirajul Shah|votes=889|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Amra Bangalee|candidate=Jogesh Chandra Sarkar|votes=514|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=171,834|percentage=89.1|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +17.11#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Samsuzzoha Biswas, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate supported by the Baharampur MP, [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury|Adhir Chowdhury]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110413/jsp/bengal/story_13848435.jsp | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120914141244/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110413/jsp/bengal/story_13848435.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 September 2012 |title = Adhir beside rebel, not Pranab | publisher = The Telegraph, 13 April 2006 |access-date = 23 April 2011}}</ref>

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006</small>
===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Unus Ali Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Jalangi assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Subrata Saha of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Samsuzzoha Biswas of Congress in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and Ranjit Haldar of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Atahar Rahman of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Bari Biswas of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Azizur Rahman of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Ranjit Kumar Haldar, Independent in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp59.htm |title=59 - Jalangi Assembly Constituency|work=Partywise Comparison Since 1977|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date= 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Prafulla Kumar Sarkar of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Azizur Rahman of Congress won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Abdul Bari Moktar, Independent, won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Golam Soleman of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], A.M.A.Zaman of Congress won the Jalangi seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

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Jalangi Assembly constituency - Revision history

Ilushiklom at 16:42, 26 March 2026