Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Itahar.

Itahar ইটাহার
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Itahar Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Itahar Itahar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°27′N88°10′E / 25.450°N 88.167°E / 25.450; 88.167 Coordinates: 25°27′N88°10′E / 25.450°N 88.167°E / 25.450; 88.167
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Constituency No	36
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	6. Balurghat
Electorate (year)	164,111 (2011) [1] 202,219 (2016) [2] 229,362 (2021) [3]

Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 36 Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Itahar community development block. ^[4]

Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4] It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Itahar	Banamali Das	Indian National Congress [5]
1957		Basanta Lal Chatterjee	Communist Party of India [6]
1962		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [7]
1967		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [8]
1969		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [9]
1971		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [10]
1972		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [12]
1982		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress (Socialist) [13]
1987		Swadesh Chaki	Communist Party of India [14]
1991		Dr. Zainal Abedin	Indian National Congress [15]
1996		Srikumar Mukherjee	Communist Party of India [16]
2001		Srikumar Mukherjee	Communist Party of India [17]
2006		Srikumar Mukherjee	Communist Party of India [18]
2011		Amal Acharjee	All India Trinamool Congress [19]
2016		Amal Acharjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Mosarraf Hussen	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Mosaraf Hussen of AITC defeated his nearest rival Amit Kumar Kundu of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Itahar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mosaraf Hussen	114,645	59.10	+6.84
	BJP	Amit Kumar Kundu	70,670	36.43	+32.22
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	4,908	2.53	-38.44
	NOTA	None of the above	1,240	0.64	-0.39
	Independent	Mojammel Haque	1,024	0.53
	AIMIM	Mofakkerul Islam	831	0.43
	Independent	Firoj Alam	346	0.18
	Independent	Tufan Barman	189	0.10
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Barman	133	0.07
Turnout			193,986
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Amal Acharjee of AITC defeated his nearest rival Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Itahar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amal Acharjee	88,507	52.26	+8.31
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	69,387	40.97	+2.40
	BJP	Yunish Hoque	7,126	4.21	+2.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,743	1.03
	JDP	Hopna Murmu	1,576	0.93	+0.30
	BSP	Jainal Abedin	1,008	0.60
Turnout			169,347	83.74	-1.81
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Amal Acharjee of AITC defeated his nearest rival Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Itahar constituency ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amal Acharjee	61,707	43.95	+31.98
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	54,655	38.93	-5.02
	Independent	Md. Rakbul Boksh	16,803	11.97
	BJP	Suman Kumar Acharjee	2,794	1.99
	Independent	Manik Chandra Sarkar	2,222	1.58
	JDP	Hopna Murmu	889	0.63
	IPFB	Abdur Razaqque	679	0.48
	CPI(ML)L	Suleman Hafiji	653	0.47
Turnout			140,402	85.55	+0.03
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing	-1.93#

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

.# Md. Rakbul Boksh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, he was suspended from the party.

2006

In the 2006 election, Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI defeated Amal Acharjee of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Itahar constituency ^{[19] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	66,768	43.95	-6.17#
	INC	Amal Acharjee	66,028	38.93	-8.19
	AITC	Dr. Zainal Abedin	6,581	11.97
	LJP	Jayanta Sarkar	1,999
	CPI(ML)L	Suleman Hafiji	1,370
	JDP	Ujjwal Kumar Ray	1151
	RPI	Shovan Lal Mitra	660
Turnout			140,402	85.58
	CPI hold		Swing	1.98#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI won the 36 Itahar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amal Acharjee of Congress in 2006, ^[18] Dr. Zainal Abedin of NCP in 2001 ^[17] and Dr. Zainal Abedin representing Congress in 1996. ^[16] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI in 1991. ^[15] Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress in 1987. ^[14] Dr. Zainal Abedin of ICS/Congress defeated Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI in 1982 ^[13] and Salil Kumar Guha of CPI(M) in 1977. ^{[12] [22]}

1951–1972

Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress won in 1972, ^[11] 1971, ^[10] 1969, ^[9] 1967 ^[8] and 1962. ^[7] Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI won in 1957. ^[6] Banamali Das of Congress won in 1951. ^[5]

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