Murshidabad, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Murshidabad (West Bengal) was won by Abu Taher Khan (All India Trinamool Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 226,417 votes over Abu Hena, S/O - Late Abdus Sattar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Murshidabad, West Bengal, from 1951 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1951–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1951
Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh
Indian National Congress
124,892
66.9%
Dhirendra Nath Rai (Independent)
72,231 (38.7 pts)
1957
Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh
Indian National Congress
85,041
41.9%
Abu K. M. Zakaria (Praja Socialist Party)
4,395 (2.2 pts)
1962
Syed Badrudduja
Independent
102,067
47.0%
Abdus Sattar (Indian National Congress)
19,836 (9.1 pts)
1967
S. Badrudduja
Independent
141,402
48.3%
M. K. Bukhsh (Indian National Congress)
14,966 (5.1 pts)
1971
Chowdhury Abu Taleb
Independent
93,716
34.4%
Syed Badrudduja (Independent)
20,382 (7.5 pts)
1977
Syed Kazim Ali Meerza
Bharatiya Lok Dal
140,927
40.0%
Azizur Rahman (Indian National Congress)
36,089 (10.3 pts)
1980
Masudal Hassain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
291,325
50.3%
Abdus Sattar (Congress (I))
68,755 (11.9 pts)
1984
Syed Musudal Hossain
CPI (Marxist)
316,571
47.1%
Azizur Rahman (Indian National Congress)
6,262 (0.9 pts)
1989
Masudal Hossain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
368,860
45.6%
Azizur Rahman (Indian National Congress)
56,544 (7.0 pts)
1991
Masudal Hossain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
382,003
48.4%
Ali Hossain Mondal (Indian National Congress)
112,601 (14.2 pts)
1996
Masudal Hossain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
452,273
46.5%
Anarul Hossain Khan (Indian National Congress)
37,185 (3.8 pts)
1998
Moinul Hassan
CPI (Marxist)
463,401
50.0%
Anarul Hossain Khan (Indian National Congress)
190,466 (20.5 pts)
1999
Moinul Hassan
CPI (Marxist)
391,366
47.3%
Mannan Hossain (Indian National Congress)
123,360 (14.9 pts)
2004
Abdul Mannan Hossain
Indian National Congress
461,895
45.9%
Moinul Hassan Ahamed (CPI (Marxist))
15,480 (1.5 pts)
2009
Abdul Mannan Hossain
Indian National Congress
496,348
47.2%
Anisur Rahaman Sarkar (CPI (Marxist))
35,647 (3.4 pts)
2014
Badaruddoza Khan
CPI (Marxist)
426,947
33.2%
Abdul Mannan Hossain (Indian National Congress)
18,453 (1.4 pts)
2019
Abu Taher Khan
All India Trinamool Congress
604,346
42.0%
Abu Hena, S/O - Late Abdus Sattar (Indian National Congress)
226,417 (15.7 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1951
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh
Indian National Congress
124,892
66.9%
Dhirendra Nath Rai
Independent
52,661
28.2%
Dwijapada Sarkar
Independent
9,131
4.9%
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh
Indian National Congress
85,041
41.9%
Abu K. M. Zakaria
Praja Socialist Party
80,646
39.8%
Biswanath Roy
Independent
37,135
18.3%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Syed Badrudduja
Independent
102,067
47.0%
Abdus Sattar
Indian National Congress
82,231
37.9%
Ananda Gopal Chattopadhyaya
Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh
22,443
10.3%
Arup Kumar Acharyya
Independent
10,362
4.8%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S. Badrudduja
Independent
141,402
48.3%
M. K. Bukhsh
Indian National Congress
126,436
43.2%
K. Chattopadhyay
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
24,781
8.5%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chowdhury Abu Taleb
Independent
93,716
34.4%
Syed Badrudduja
Independent
73,334
26.9%
Syed Kazim Ali Meerza
Independent
45,307
16.6%
Krishnadas Chattopadhyay
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
43,641
16.0%
Sailendra Nath Adhicary
Samyukta Socialist Party
16,607
6.1%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Syed Kazim Ali Meerza
Bharatiya Lok Dal
140,927
40.0%
Azizur Rahman
Indian National Congress
104,838
29.8%
Md. Serajul Islam
Independent
69,697
19.8%
Samsujjoha Biswas
SUC
28,480
8.1%
Barindra Nath Ray
Independent
4,596
1.3%
A.K. Hazikul Alam
Independent
3,377
1.0%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Masudal Hassain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
291,325
50.3%
Abdus Sattar
Congress (I)
222,570
38.4%
Abu Raihan Biswas
SUC
27,544
4.8%
Gopal Gosh
Independent
10,864
1.9%
A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman
Indian Union Muslim League
10,609
1.8%
Syed Kazim Ali Merza
Janata Party
8,779
1.5%
Barin Ray
Independent
3,920
0.7%
Prince Scientist Bose
Independent
3,568
0.6%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Syed Musudal Hossain
CPI (Marxist)
316,571
47.1%
Azizur Rahman
Indian National Congress
310,309
46.1%
Shyamal Gupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
19,542
2.9%
Mosharaf Hossain
SUC
19,371
2.9%
Sarkar Saimuddin
Indian Union Muslim League
4,431
0.7%
Santosh Sarkar
Independent
2,605
0.4%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Masudal Hossain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
368,860
45.6%
Azizur Rahman
Indian National Congress
312,316
38.6%
Sarkar Saimuddin
Independent
46,450
5.7%
Shyamal Gupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
33,601
4.2%
Abdus Salam
Independent
21,582
2.7%
Abdul Latif
Indian Union Muslim League
14,377
1.8%
Shekhar Dutta
CPI(ML)
10,205
1.3%
Madhab Kumar Sardar
AMB
1,795
0.2%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Masudal Hossain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
382,003
48.4%
Ali Hossain Mondal
Indian National Congress
269,402
34.1%
Amulya Kr. Mondal
Bharatiya Janata Party
86,868
11.0%
Abdus Salam
Independent
19,598
2.5%
Wasique Bahadur
CPI(ML)
10,847
1.4%
Sk. Mohammad Jajangir
Independent
7,890
1.0%
Mokaddim Shaikh
Janata Party
4,531
0.6%
Joydhor Dhirendra
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,473
0.6%
Biswas Abdul Latif
Indian Union Muslim League
2,649
0.3%
Ram Garib Majhi
DDP
1,671
0.2%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Masudal Hossain Syed
CPI (Marxist)
452,273
46.5%
Anarul Hossain Khan
Indian National Congress
415,088
42.7%
Amulya Mondol
Bharatiya Janata Party
60,339
6.2%
Abdus Salam
Independent
23,734
2.4%
Sarkar Gopinath
Independent
8,559
0.9%
Ansari Mohammad Ali
PBRML
5,153
0.5%
Sakta Roy
Independent
3,118
0.3%
Abbas Ali
Indian Union Muslim League
2,363
0.2%
Narendra Nath Biswas
AMB
1,379
0.1%
Joynal Abedin
Independent
537
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Moinul Hassan
CPI (Marxist)
463,401
50.0%
Anarul Hossain Khan
Indian National Congress
272,935
29.4%
Sagir Hossain
West Bengal Trinamool Congress
149,061
16.1%
Abdus Salam
Independent
19,054
2.1%
Saimuddin Sarkar
Indian Union Muslim League
16,254
1.8%
Mondal Kader
Independent
5,542
0.6%
Mondal Nripendranath
Independent
1,351
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Moinul Hassan
CPI (Marxist)
391,366
47.3%
Mannan Hossain
Indian National Congress
268,006
32.4%
Sagir Hossain
All India Trinamool Congress
142,275
17.2%
Khadija Banu
Independent
11,773
1.4%
Moulana Md. Abdul Bari
Indian Union Muslim League
6,220
0.8%
Sandhya Mandal
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,289
0.4%
Nripendra Nath Mandal
Independent
2,178
0.3%
Hasrat Ali Mandal
Independent
921
0.1%
Uttam Halder
Independent
859
0.1%
Rezwan Meerza
Independent
508
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abdul Mannan Hossain
Indian National Congress
461,895
45.9%
Moinul Hassan Ahamed
CPI (Marxist)
446,415
44.3%
Ali Mohammad
All India Trinamool Congress
43,716
4.3%
Khadija Banu
Independent
13,686
1.4%
Abdur Rashid Mondal
PBRML
10,446
1.0%
Abdul Hannan Seikh
Bahujan Samaj Party
10,013
1.0%
Babita Haldar
Independent
7,503
0.7%
Dinesh Mandal
Independent
4,793
0.5%
Md. Sahabuddin
INL
4,550
0.5%
Syed Nawab Jani Meerza
Samajwadi Party
4,204
0.4%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abdul Mannan Hossain
Indian National Congress
496,348
47.2%
Anisur Rahaman Sarkar
CPI (Marxist)
460,701
43.8%
Nirmal Kumar Saha
Bharatiya Janata Party
42,290
4.0%
Santwana Halder (Saha)
Independent
11,991
1.1%
Khadija Banu
Independent
9,090
0.9%
Dr.Sukumar Ghosh
Independent
8,204
0.8%
Chitta Ranjan Mondal
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,913
0.8%
Alam Mehdi
Independent
5,897
0.6%
Jaforulla Molla
AUDF
5,630
0.5%
Chandan Kr. Mondal
Independent
1,970
0.2%
Md. Sahazamal
Samajwadi Party
1,349
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Badaruddoza Khan
CPI (Marxist)
426,947
33.2%
Abdul Mannan Hossain
Indian National Congress
408,494
31.7%
Ali Mohammad
All India Trinamool Congress
289,027
22.4%
Sujit Kumar Ghosh
Bharatiya Janata Party
101,069
7.8%
Md. Najmul Hoque
AIUDF
11,333
0.9%
None Of The Above
Independent
10,156
0.8%
Kamarujjaman Khandekar(Bakul)
SUCI(C)
8,378
0.7%
Md. Khodabox Sekh
WPOI
6,445
0.5%
Masudul Islam
SOCIALDEMOCRATICPARTYOFINDIA
6,010
0.5%
Jitendra Nath Halder
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,722
0.4%
Abdul Bari
IUML
5,383
0.4%
Asim Kumar Das
Independent
4,539
0.4%
Swapan Kumar Mandal
AB
4,260
0.3%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abu Taher Khan
All India Trinamool Congress
604,346
42.0%
Abu Hena, S/O - Late Abdus Sattar
Indian National Congress
377,929
26.3%
Humayun Kabir
Bharatiya Janata Party
247,809
17.2%
Badaruddoza Khan
CPI (Marxist)
180,793
12.6%
Humayun Kabir Sekh
Independent
7,180
0.5%
Kamarujjaman (Bakul) Khandekar
SUCI(C)
5,655
0.4%
Mijanul Haque
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,521
0.3%
Md. Jalaluddin Mondal
Independent
4,040
0.3%
Md. Habibur Rahaman
JESM
2,839
0.2%
Abu Hena, S/O - Sazzad Ali
Independent
2,503
0.2%
Dhananjoy Sarkar
BMP
1,115
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Murshidabad has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), All India Trinamool Congress.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Murshidabad in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Abu Taher Khan (All India Trinamool Congress) won Murshidabad, West Bengal, in 2019 with 604,346 votes (42.0%), a margin of 226,417 votes over Abu Hena, S/O - Late Abdus Sattar.
Which parties have won Murshidabad since 1951?
Since 1951, Murshidabad has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Independent, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Murshidabad?
The closest result on record for Murshidabad was 1984, when CPI (Marxist) beat Indian National Congress by just 6,262 votes (0.9 percentage points).