Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency

Diamond Harbour
Constituency No. 143 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1951
Total electors	2,54,964
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pannalal Halder
Party	AITC
Alliance	AITC +
Elected year	2021

Diamond Harbour Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Diamond Harbour municipality
• Basuldanga, Bolsiddhi Kalinagar, Derak, Harindanga, Kanpur Dhanaberia, Mashat and Parulia gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour I community development block
• Kamarpole, Khorda, Mathur, Nurpur, Patra and Sarisa gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development block

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Charu Chandra Bhandari		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Ramanuj Halder		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Jagadish Chandra Halder		Indian National Congress
1967	Abdul Quiyom Molla		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
1971
1972	Daulat Ali Sheikh		Indian National Congress
1977	Abdul Quiyom Molla		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996	Sheikh Daulat Ali		Indian National Congress
2001	Rishi Halder		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006
2011	Dipak Kumar Halder		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Pannalal Halder

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Diamond Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Pannalal Halder	98,478	48.58	4.89
	BJP	Dipak Kumar Halder	81,482	36.15	28.82
	CPI(M)	Pratik Ur Rahaman	38,719	17.18	23.85
	Independent	Saifullah Khan	1,585	0.7	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,449	0.64	0.45
Majority			16,996	7.54	0.1
Turnout			2,25,397	88.37	0.28
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Diamond Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dipak Kumar Halder	96,833	48.58	4.79
	CPI(M)	Abul Hasnat	81,796	41.03	0.31
	BJP	Balaram Halder	14,614	7.33	4.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,109	1.06
Majority			15,037	7.55	5.1
Turnout			1,99,346	88.09	2.79
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Diamond Harbour ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dipak Kumar Halder	87,645	53.37
	CPI(M)	Subhra Sau	66,871	40.72
	BJP	Krishna Baidya	4,946	3.01
	PDS	Mousumi Maitra	2,951	1.80
	IUC	Mohammad Shamshut Touhid	1,797	1.09
Majority			20,774	12.65
Turnout			1,64,210	85.30
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 ^[4] and 2001, ^[5] Rishi Halder of CPI(M) won the Diamond Harbour Assembly 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. ^[6] Abdul Quiyom Molla of CPI(M) defeated Nazrul Islam Molla of INC in 1991, ^[7] Monoranjan Kayal of INC in 1987, ^[8] Dibakar Ghosh of INC in 1982, ^[9] and Sankari Prasad Mondal of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[10] [11]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Daulat Ali Sheikh of INC won in 1972. ^[12] Abdul Quiyom Molla of CPI(M) won in 1971, ^[13] 1969 ^[14] and 1967. ^[15] Jagadish Chandra Halder of INC won in 1962. ^[16] Ramanuj Halder of PSP won in 1957. ^[17] Charu Chandra Bhandari of KMPP won in 1952. ^[18]

References

Citations

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15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
17. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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