Results of the Rejinagar Assembly Bye Election 2026

Contesting Candidates for Rejinagar Bye Election 2026

Party	Candidates	Votes
BJP	Shankharavh Sarkar	129914	Won
AJUP	Golam Nabi Azad	54098
Congress	Abdullahil Kafi	6168
Mamata All India Trinamool Congress	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	3847
CPI(M)	Md Sayeed	3797

Background

Rejinagar is one of the 22 Assembly constituencies in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. It comprises the entire Beldanga-II Community Development Block and the Kapasdanga, Begunbari and Mirjapur-I gram panchayats of Beldanga-I Community Development Block.

Established in 2011 following delimitation, Rejinagar is one of the seven Assembly segments of the Baharampur (Berhampore) Lok Sabha constituency.

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