Country India District Murshidabad Year abolished 2011 | State West Bengal Year established 1977 Lok Sabha constituency Jangipur | |
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Aurangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Aurangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Samserganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Raghunathganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
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It was part of Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
1977–2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Touab Ali of CPI(M) won the 51 Aurangabad assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Humayun Reza of Congress. 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.