Samserganj | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Location in West Bengal | |
Coordinates: 24°41′N 87°57′E / 24.683°N 87.950°ECoordinates: 24°41′N 87°57′E / 24.683°N 87.950°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Murshidabad |
Constituency No | 56 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 8. Maldaha Dakshin |
Electorate (year) | 152,473 (2011) |
Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Aurangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the area ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area - Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Raghunathganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 56 Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Dhulian municipality and Bhasaipaikar, Bogdadnagar, Chachanda, Dogachhi, Napara, Nimtita, Pratapganj and Tinpukuria gram panchayats of Samserganj community development block.
Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 election, Toab Ali of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mousumi Begum of Congress,
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See for details)