Hemtabad Assembly constituency

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Hemtabad
Constituency No. 33 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Hemtabad Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency Raiganj
Established2011
Total electors265,318
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Hemtabad is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad Assembly constituency (SC) covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block. [1]

Hemtabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
2011 Khagendra Nath Sinha Communist Party of India
2016 Debendra Nath Roy
2021 Satyajit Barman All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Satyajit Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Chandima Roy of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hemtabad (SC) constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Satyajit Barman 116,425 52.14 +18.11
BJP Chandima Roy89,21039.95+19.32
CPI(M) Bhupen Barman9,4534.23−36.44
NOTA None of the above 2,1600.97−0.26
AMB Manindra Barman1,5810.71
SUCI(C) Jyotirmay Barman1,5180.68−0.36
BSP Binay Kumar Roy1,4110.63−0.41
Independent Sankar Barman8420.38
Independent Dipu Barman7010.31
Turnout 223,30184.16−0.84
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hemtabad (SC) constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Debendra Nath Roy 80,41940.67−4.84
AITC Sabita Kshetry67,28334.03+11.23
BJP Bhanu Ram Barman40,79520.63+15.09
NOTA None of the above2,4371.23+1.23
BSP Alakesh Barman2,0651.04
SUCI(C) Jyotirmay Barman2,0481.04
Turnout 197,73685.00−0.01
CPI(M) hold Swing

Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP.

2011

In the 2011 election, Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hemtabad (SC) constituency [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Khagendra Nath Sinha71,55745.51
AITC Sekhar Chandra Roy35,84922.80
IndependentChitta Ranjan Ray30,92319.67
BJP Bhanu Ram Barman8,7085.54
IndependentMamata Adhikary4,2922.73
RPI(A) Mohanta Barman2,300
BSP Pabitra Kumar Biswas2,118
IndependentUttam Barman1,496
Turnout 157,23985.01

The Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for the rebel Congress candidate contesting from Hemtabad as an independent candidate, Chittaranjan Roy, who was suspended from the Congress Party. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "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 1 July 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Hemtabad. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "Deepa for rebel & Cong". The Telegraph, 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.