Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hansan
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Motto(s):  Beautiful place
Hansan Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Hansan Hansan (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°10′34″N87°52′56″E / 24.17611°N 87.88222°E / 24.17611; 87.88222 Coordinates: 24°10′34″N87°52′56″E / 24.17611°N 87.88222°E / 24.17611; 87.88222
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	292
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	42. Birbhum
Electorate (year)	181,166 (2011)

Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat now but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes. Hansan is a gram panchayat under Rampurhat intermediate panchayat.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 292 Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Rampurhat II and Nalhati II CD Blocks. ^[1]

Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Hasan of RCPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hansan ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asit Kumar Mal	73,370	46.73	-3.17
	RCPI	Kamal Hasan	46,918	29.88	-13.01
	Independent	Md. Rafiuddin	27,461	17.49
	BJP	Ruparani Mondal	3,373	2.15
	SUCI(C)	Amal Kumar Mondal	2,503
	BSP	Radheshyam Singh	1,265
	JP	Jiyar Ali	1,081
	Independent	Azizul Hoque	1,050
Turnout			157,021	86.67
	INC hold		Swing	+9.84

1977–2006

From 1996 to 2006, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress was elected from the Hansan (SC) assembly constituency. He defeated Khagendranath Mal of CPI(M) in 2006, Mihir Bain of RCPI(R) in 2001 and 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Trilochan Das of RCPI (RB) defeated Asit Kumar Mal of Congress in 1991. Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated Trilochan Mal, Independent in 1987. Trilochan Das, Independent/RCPI, defeated Asit Kumar Mal Congress/Independent in 1982 and 1977. ^[5]

1962–1972

Dhanapati Mal of Congress won in 1972. Trilochan Mal of RCI won in 1971. Mrityunjoy Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. S.Prasad of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Hansan seat was not there. ^[6]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
2. "Hansan". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Hansan. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Hansan. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
5. "292 – Hansan (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.