Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Harirampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Harirampur Location in Bold textWest Bengal Show map of West Bengal Harirampur Harirampur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°22′27″N88°16′04″E / 25.37417°N 88.26778°E / 25.37417; 88.26778 Coordinates: 25°22′27″N88°16′04″E / 25.37417°N 88.26778°E / 25.37417; 88.26778
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Constituency No	42
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	6. Balurghat
Electorate (year)	162,532 (2011) [1] 196,518 (2016) [2] 228,189 (2021) [3]

Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Harirampur constituency came into existence in 2011.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 42 Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Buniadpur Municipality ,Harirampur community development block, and Bansihari community development block. ^[4]

Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2021	Harirampur	Biplab Mitra	All India Trinamool Congress [5]

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Raikul Islam of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Biplab Mitra of Trinamool Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Harirampur constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rafikul Islam	71,447	42.83	+0.54
	AITC	Biplab Mitra	66,943	40.13	-6.31
	BJP	Phani Bhusan Mahata	19,845	11.90	+6.77
	Kamtapur People's Party (United)	Tarun Sarkar	2,020	1.21
	JDP	Bibhuti Tudu	1,904	1.14
	JMM	Anarul Haque Ansari	1,673	1.00
	NOTA	None of the above	1,648	0.99
	BSP	Durga Hembram	1,336	0.80	-0.57
Turnout			166,816	84.89	+0.28
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Biplab Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narayan Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Harirampur constituency ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Biplab Mitra	65,099	47.44
	CPI(M)	Narayan Biswas	58,032	42.29
	BJP	Phani Bhusan Mahata	7,039	5.13
	BSP	Kamal Hemram	1,877	1.37
	Independent	Sahajahan Badshah	1,660
	Independent	Bratasubhra Saha	1,364
	Independent	Santosh Sarkar	1,078
	Independent	Sanu Soren	1,070
Turnout			137,219	84.61
	AITC win (new seat)

References

1. "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
3. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
4. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission.
6. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Harirampur. Empowering India. Retrieved 4 August 2011.