Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Metiaburuz
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Metiaburuz
Metiaburuz

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 22°32′20″N 88°17′17″E / 22.53889°N 88.28806°E / 22.53889; 88.28806Coordinates: 22°32′20″N 88°17′17″E / 22.53889°N 88.28806°E / 22.53889; 88.28806
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No 157
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 21. Diamond Harbour
Electorate (year) 182,017 (2011)

Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মেটিয়াবুরুজ বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 157 Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, and 141 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Ward Nos. 1 to 7, 9 and 10 of Maheshtala municipality.[1]

Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011MetiaburuzMumtaz BegumAll India Trinamool Congress[2]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Metiaburuz constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Mumtaz Begum 55,003 41.55
CPI(M) Badruddoza Mollah 48,409 38.58
Independent Abdul Khaleque Mollah 24,143 18.46
BJP Md. Sajjad 3,140 2.37
IUML Nisar Ahmed 1,658 1.25
Majority 6,594 2.97
Turnout 132,353 85.07
Trinamool Congress win (new seat)

Abdul Khaleque Mollah, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate.[4]

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 Increase19
Indian National Congress 0 Decrease2
SUCI(C) 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 Decrease2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Metiaburuz. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  4. "Fair-&-free chant in red and green camps - Congress suspends six more rebel candidates". The Telegraph, 19 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
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