Hariharpara Assembly constituency

Hariharpara
Constituency No. 73 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Hariharpara Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Murshidabad
Established	1951
Total electors	247,421
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Niamot Sheikh
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Hariharpara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Hariharpara Vidhan Sabha constituency covers Hariharpara community development block and Chhaighari and Madanpur gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block. ^[1]

This constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	MLA	Party
1951	Hariharpara	Haji A. Hameed		Indian National Congress [2]
1957 [3]
1962		Abdul Latif [4]
1967		S. Ahmed [5]
1969		Aftabuddin Ahmed	#0c6b4b	Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal) [6]
1971				Independent [7]
1972		Abu Raihan Biswas		Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [8]
1977		Shaikh Imajuddin		Indian National Congress [9]
1982 [10]
1987		Mozammel Haque		Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991 [12]
1996 [13]
2001		Niamot Sheikh		Independent [14]
2006		Insar Ali Biswas		Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011 [16]
2016		Niamot Sheikh		Trinamool Congress [16]
2021

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Niamot Sheikh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hariharpara constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Niamot Sheikh	102,660	47.51	9.74
	INC	Alamgir Mir (Palash)	88,594	41.00	5.87
	BJP	Tanmoy Biswas	18,378	8.51	5.66
	SUCI(C)	Golam Ambia	1,725	0.80	0.68
	NOTA	None of the above	1,117	0.52	0.09
Turnout			2,16,075	87.33	0.62
Majority			14,066	6.51	3.87
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Niamot Sheikh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hariharpara constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Niamot Sheikh	71,502	37.77	6.09
	INC	Alamgir Mir (Palash)	66,499	35.13	New
	CPI(M)	Insar Ali Biswas	39,057	20.63	14.93
	BJP	Tulsi Prasad Sukul	5,394	2.85	0.05
	SUCI(C)	Golam Mostafa	2,804	1.48	New
	IUML	Asgar Ali Sheikh	1,382	0.73	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,159	0.61	New
Majority			5,003	2.64	1.24
Turnout			1,89,291	86.71	3.58
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.05

2011

In the 2011 election, Insar Ali Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Niamot Sheikh of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hariharpara constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Insar Ali Biswas	58,293	35.56	-9.58
	AITC	Niamot Sheikh	51,935	31.68	-14.63#
	Independent/Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury supported	Alamgir Mir (Palash)	44,982	27.44
	BJP	Bishnu Charan Sikdar	4,583	2.80
	SDPI	Masudul Islam	1,929
	Independent	Sufal Haldar	1,351
	MLKSC	Sattar Sekh	846
Turnout			163,919	90.37
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	+5.05#

Alamgir Mir, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate, supported by the Baharampur MP, Adhir Chowdhury. ^{[18] [19]}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections ^[15] Insar Ali Biswas of CPI(M) won the Hariharpara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Niamot Sheikh of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Niamot Sheikh, Independent, defeated Nizamuddin of CPI(M) in 2001. ^[14] Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) defeated Mannan Hossain of Congress in 1996, ^[13] Khaanarul Hossain of Congress in 1991, ^[12] and Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress in 1987. ^[11] Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1982 ^[10] and Abu Raihan Biswas of SUC in 1977. ^{[9] [20]}

1951–1972

Abu Raihan Biswas of SUC won in 1972. ^[8] Aftabuddin Ahmed, Independent, won in 1971. ^[7] Aftabuddin Ahmed of Progressive Muslim League won in 1969. ^[6] S.Ahmed of Congress won in 1967. ^[5] Abdul Latif of Congress won in 1962. ^[4] Haji A. Hameed of Congress won in 1957 ^[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[2]

References

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