Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Hingalganj, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Hingalganj.

Hingalganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Hingalganj Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Hingalganj Hingalganj (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°28′24″N88°58′23″E / 22.47333°N 88.97306°E / 22.47333; 88.97306 Coordinates: 22°28′24″N88°58′23″E / 22.47333°N 88.97306°E / 22.47333; 88.97306
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No	126
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Basirhat
Electoral system	First past the post

Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 126 Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Hingalganj community development block, and Barunhat Rameshwarpur, Bhabanipur I, Bhabanipur II, Hasnabad, PatliKhanpur gram panchayats of Hasnabad community development block, and Khulna gram panchayat of Sandeshkhali II community development block. ^[1]

Hingalganj (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
1967	Hingalganj	B.N.Brahmachari	Independent [2]
1969		Hazarilal Mondal	Communist Party of India [3]
1971		Lalit Kumar Ghosh	Indian National Congress [4]
1972		Gopal Chandra Gayen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1977		Sudhansu Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1982		Sudhansu Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1987		Sudhansu Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1991		Nripen Gayen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1996		Nripen Gayen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
2001		Nripen Gayen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2006		Gopal Gayen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2011		Anandamoy Mondal	Communist Party of India [13]
2016		Debes Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Debes Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election,Debesh Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Nemai Das of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hingalganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debesh Mondal	104,706	53.78	+0.78
	BJP	Nemai Das	79,790	40.98	+32.97
	CPI	Ranjan Kumar Mondal	6,008	3.09	-32.96
	NOTA	None of the above	1,736	0.89	-0.15
	Independent	Krishna Gayen	1,154	0.59
	BSP	Nirmal Mudi	850	0.44	-0.38
	Jan Sangh Party	Sanjit Mondal	433	0.22
Turnout			194,681
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election,Debesh Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Anandamoy Mondal of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hingalganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debesh Mondal	94,753	53.00	+7.89
	CPI	Anandamoy Mondal	64,449	36.05	-9.70
	BJP	Labanya Mondal	14,327	8.01	+3.27
	Independent	Ranjit Gayen	1,921	1.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,854	1.04
	BSP	Nitish Kumar Biswas	1,467	0.82
Turnout			178,771	84.26	-1.72
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Anandamoy Mondal of CPI defeated his nearest rival Debesh Mondal of Trinamool Congress,

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hingalganj (SC) constituency ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Anandamoy Mondal	72,744	45.75	-5.67
	AITC	Debesh Mondal	71,726	45.11	+1.13#
	BJP	Ratikanta Baulia	7,533	4.74
	Independent	Parimal Mistri	2,368
	BSP	Alipada Paik	1,846
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Sunil Mandal	1,727
	Rashtriya Janasachetan Party	Nirmal Kumar Biswas	1,046
Turnout			158,987	85.98
	CPI gain from CPI (M)		Swing	-6.80#

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

2006

In the 2011 assembly elections, Anandamoy mondal of CPI won the 99 Hingalganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Debes Mandal of Trinamool Congress. Debes Mandal lost second time from this assembly.

1977-2006

In the 2006 assembly elections, ^[12] Gopal Gayen of CPI(M) won the 99 Hingalganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Debes Mandal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nripen Gayen of CPI(M) defeated Sourendra Mondal of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[11] Bidyut Kayal of Congress in 1996 ^[10] and Sankar Roy of Congress in 1991. ^[9] Sudhanshu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Aditya Mondal of Congress in 1987 ^[8] and Amal Krishna Mistry representing Congress in 1982 ^[7] and representing Janata Party in 1977. ^{[6] [15]}

1967-1972

Anil Chandra Mondal of CPI won in 1972. ^[5] Gopal Chandra Gayen of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[4] Hazari Lal Mondal of CPI won in 1969. ^[3] B.N. Brahmachari of Independent won in 1967. ^[2] Prior to that the Hingalganj seat was not there.

References

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