Harirampur Assembly constituency

Harirampur
Constituency No. 42 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Harirampur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Balurghat
Established	2011
Total electors	228,189
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Biplab Mitra
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Harirampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 42 Harirampur Assembly constituency covers Buniadpur Municipality, Harirampur community development block, and Bansihari community development block. ^[1]

Harirampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2011	Biplab Mitra		All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Rafikul Islam		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	Biplab Mitra		All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Harirampur constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Biplab Mitra	96,131	51.00
	BJP	Nilanjan Roy	73,459	39.00
	CPI(M)	Rafikul Islam	12,444	7.00
	Independent	Bijan Chakraborty	1,831	1.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,823	1.00
		Rest of the candidates	~2,000	1.00
Majority			22,672
Turnout
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

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 ^{[2] [3]}

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. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Harirampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2011.