Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Murarai is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Murarai I community development block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayats of Murarai II community development block. Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results2011In the 2011 elections, Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Kamre Elahi of CPI(M)..# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.1977–2006In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. Qamre Elahi of CPI(M) won the Murarai assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress /Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 and Bazle Ahammad of CPI(M) in 1977.