Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency

Harishchandrapur
Harishchandrapur
Constituency No. 46 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Uttar
Established	1951
Total electors	252,487
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Tajmul Hossain
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Last updated April 14, 2024

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 46 Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency covers Harishchandrapur II community development block and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur gram panchayats of Harischandrapur I community development block.^[1]

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Harishchandrapur	Ram Hari Roy	Indian National Congress ^[2]
1957		Md. Elias Razi	Independent^[3]
1962		Birendra Kumar Moitra	Indian National Congress^[4]
1967		Md. Elias Razi	Independent^[5]
1969		Md. Elias Razi	Workers Party of India ^[6]
1971		Md. Elias Razi	Workers Party of India^[7]
1972		Goutam Chakravarty	Indian National Congress^[8]
1977		Birendra Kumar Moitra	Janata Party ^[9]
1982		Abdul Wahed	Indian National Congress^[10]
1987		Birendra Kumar Moitra	All India Forward Bloc ^[11]
1991		Birendra Kumar Moitra	All India Forward Bloc^[12]
1996		Birendra Kumar Motra	All India Forward Bloc^[13]
2001		MostaqueAlam\|Indian National Congress^[14]
2006		Tajmul Hossain	All India Forward Bloc^[15]
2011		Tajmul Hossain	All India Forward Bloc/Trinamool Congress ^[16]
2016		Mostaque Alam	Indian National Congress
2021		Tajmul Hossain	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Harishchandrapur constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Tajmul Hossain	122,527	60.00
	BJP	Md. Matiur Rahaman	45,054	22.00
	INC	Mostaque Alam	29,396	14.00
		Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)	~6,000	2.80
Majority			77,473
Turnout
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Harishchandrapur constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mostaque Alam	60,047	34.90
	AITC	Tajmul Hossain	42190	24.52
	AIFB	Alam Md. Rafiqul	35075	20.39
	BJP	Sanvarlal Kedia	25889	15.05
Majority			17857
Turnout
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Tajamul Hossain of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Harishchandrapur constituency^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Tajmul Hossain	62,019	46.19	-0.48
	INC	Mostaque Alam	59,578	44.37	-0.80
	BJP	Rina Saha	6,033	4.49
	BSP	Efrajul Hoque	3,876	2.89
	Independent	Monowara Begam	1,815
	Independent	Gouri Sankar Kedia	942
Turnout			134,263	83.63
	AIFB hold		Swing	+0.32

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections ^[15] Tajmul Hossain of Forward Bloc won the Harishchandrapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mostaque Alam of Congress defeated Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc in 2001.^[14] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc defeated Mostaque Alam of Congress in 1996^[13] and Abdul Wahed of Congress in 1991^[12] and 1987.^[11] Abdul Wahed of Congress defeated Subhash Chaudhury of Forward Bloc in 1982.^[10] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Janata Party defeated Mohammad Elias Razi of WPI in 1977.^[9]^[18]

1951–1972

Goutam Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Md. Elias Razi of WPI/ Independent won in 1971,^[7] 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Congress won in 1962.^[4] Md. Elias Razi contesting as an independent candidate won in 1957.^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ramhari Roy of Congress won the Harishchandrapur seat.^[2]

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Harishchandrapur. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
↑ "42 - Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

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