Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Diamond Harbour
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°11′28″N88°11′26″E / 22.1910091°N 88.1904741°E / 22.1910091; 88.1904741 Coordinates: 22°11′28″N88°11′26″E / 22.1910091°N 88.1904741°E / 22.1910091; 88.1904741
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	143
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Electorate (year)	164,210 (2011)

Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Diamond Harbour Municipality
• Basuldanga, Bol Siddhi Kalinagar, Dearak, Harindanga, Kanpur Dhanberia, Masat and Parulia gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour I community development block
• Kamarpole, Khordo, Mathur, Noorpur, Patra and Sarisha gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development block

Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1952	Diamond Harbour	Charu Chandra Bhandari	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party [2]
1957		Ramanuj Halder	Praja Socialist Party [3]
1962		Jagadish Chandra Halder	Indian National Congress [4]
1967		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1969		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972		Daulat Ali Sheikh	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Abdul Quiyom Molla	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Sheikh Daulat Ali	Indian National Congress [13]
2001		Rishi Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Rishi Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Dipak Kumar Halder	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Dipak Kumar Halder	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Diamond Harbour	Pannalal Halder	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Diamond Harbour ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dipak Kumar Halder	87,645	53.37	+7.05
	CPI (M)	Subhra Sau	66,871	40.72	-6.78
	BJP	Krishna Baidya	4,946	3.01
	PDS	Mousumi Maitra	2,951
	Indian Unity Centre	Shamsut Touhid Purkait	1,797
Turnout			164,210	85.36
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	13.83

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 ^[15] and 2001, ^[14] Rishi Halder of CPI(M) won the Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rivals Subhashis Chakraborty of AITC and Amjad Ali Sardar of AITC respectively. Sheikh Daulat Ali of INC defeated Abdul Quiyom Molla of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[13] Abdul Quiyom Molla of CPI(M) defeated Nazrul Islam Molla of INC in 1991, ^[12] Monoranjan Kayal of INC in 1987, ^[11] Dibakar Ghosh of INC in 1982, ^[10] and Sankari Prasad Mondal of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Daulat Ali Sheikh of INC won in 1972. ^[8] Abdul Quiyom Molla of CPI(M) won in 1971, ^[7] 1969 ^[6] and 1967. ^[5] Jagadish Chandra Halder of INC won in 1962. ^[4] Ramanuj Halder of PSP won in 1957. ^[3] Charu Chandra Bhandari of KMPP won in 1952. ^[2]

References

Citations

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15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Diamond Harbour. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
18. "119 - Diamond Harbour Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.