Aurangabad Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in

Murshidabad district Murshidabad district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of and having a population 7.103 million (according to 2011 census), it ...

in the

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Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the

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, Aurangabad Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Samserganj Assembly constituency and

Raghunathganj Assembly constituency Raghunathganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 59 Raghunathganj Assembly constituency covers Raghunathganj ...

. It was part of

Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district. Assembly segments As per ord ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Touab Ali of

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won the 51 Aurangabad assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Humayun Reza of

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. Humayun Reza of Congress defeated Nur Mohammad of CPI(M) in 2001 and Touab Ali of CPI(M) in 1996. Touab Ali of CPI(M) defeated Humayun Reza of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Lutfal Haque of Congress defeated Touab Ali of CPI(M) in 1982 and Sohidul Alam of CPI(M) in 1977. The Auragabad constituency did not exist prior to that.

References

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