West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 News 13-4-21
A by-election was required in 2013 when incumbent MLA Abhijit Mukherjee was elected to the Jangipur Lok Sabha.
The Nalhati Assembly / Vidhan Sabha constituency is located in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. It falls under the constituency of Birbhum.
The constituency covers Nalhati I CD Block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block.
According to the 2019 voter list, there are 2,31,993 electorates and 254 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 85.45 percent in the 2016 assembly elections.
Winners and results of previous elections
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, Moinuddin Shams from the Trinamool Congress won the Nalhati seat.
A by-election was required in 2013 when incumbent MLA Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former President Pranab Mukherjee, was elected a member of Jangipur’s Lok Sabha. While AIFB’s Dipak Chatterjee won from the seat in 2006, the seat has been in the hands of the Forward Bloc since 1977.
The Nalhati assembly constituency is home to a total of 3,12529 people, of which 86.71 percent are rural and 13.29 percent are urban.
The West Bengal Assembly elections will be held to elect a total of 294 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
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