Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Haroa
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Haroa Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Haroa Haroa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°35′54″N88°40′46″E / 22.59833°N 88.67944°E / 22.59833; 88.67944 Coordinates: 22°35′54″N88°40′46″E / 22.59833°N 88.67944°E / 22.59833; 88.67944
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No	121
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Basirhat
Electorate (year)	186,578 (2011)

Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Haroa is an open seat from 2011 but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 121 Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashan gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats of Deganga community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats of Haroa community development block. ^[1]

Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Haroa Sandeshkhali	Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar	Indian National Congress [2]
		Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal	Communist Party of India [2]
1957	Haroa	Jehangir Kabir	Indian National Congress [3]
1962		Jehangir Kabir	Indian National Congress [4]
1967		Gangadhar Pramanick	Bangla Congress [5]
1969		Brajendra Nath Sarkar	Bangla Congress [6]
1971		Gangadhar Pramanick	Indian National Congress [7]
1972		Gangadhar Pramanick	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Kshiti Ranjan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Kshiti Ranjan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Kshiti Ranjan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Kshiti Ranjan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Kshiti Ranjan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Kshiti Ranjan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Ashim Kumar Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Julfiquer Ali Molla	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Haji Nurul Islam	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Haji Nurul Islam	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Haroa constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sk. Nurul Islam (Haji)	130,398	57.34	+1.01
	ISF	Kutubuddin Fathe	49,420	21.73
	BJP	Rajendra Saha (Somu)	38,506	16.93	+11.41
	NOTA	None of the above	2,930	1.29	-0.08
	Independent	Md. Kutubuddin	2,484	1.09
	United Socialist Party	Akher Ali Molla	2,401	1.06
	Justice and Development Party	Abul Kalam	1,256	0.55
Turnout			227,395	87.73	+0.95
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Haroa constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sk. Nurul Islam (Haji)	113,001	56.33	+10.63
	CPI (M)	Imtiaz Hossain	70,594	35.19	-9.84
	BJP	Manmatha Bachar	11,078	5.52	+1.10
	BSP	Md. Nazrul Islam	3,208	1.60
	NOTA	None of the above	2,741	1.37
Turnout			200,622	86.78	+3.09
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Julfiquer Ali Molla	76,627	45.70	+5.84#
	CPI (M)	Imtiaz Hossain	75,503	45.03	-10.40
	BJP	Subodh Kumar Chakraborty	7,409	4.42
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Wallur Rahman	3,910
	Independent	Golam Faruque Mollah	2,401
	BSP	Dilip Bairagi	1,828
Turnout			167,678	89.87
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	16.64#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[15] Asim Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kshiti Ranjan Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 2001 ^[14] and 1996, ^[13] Kumud Ranjan Roy of Congress in 1991, ^[12] Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 1987, ^[11] Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress in 1982 ^[10] and Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1951–1972

Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972 ^[8] and 1971. ^[7] Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969. ^[6] Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967. ^[5] Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in 1962 ^[4] and 1957. ^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of CPI won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat. ^[2]

References

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