Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nalhati
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Nalhati Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Nalhati Nalhati (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°18′N87°49′E / 24.300°N 87.817°E / 24.300; 87.817 Coordinates: 24°18′N87°49′E / 24.300°N 87.817°E / 24.300; 87.817
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	293
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Birbhum
Electorate (year)	176,536 (2011)

Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 293 Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nalhati I CD Block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block. ^[1]

Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Rajendra Prasad Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Tapas Kumar Yadav of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Nalhati

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rajendra Prasad Singh (Raju Singh)	117,438	56.54	+11.21
	BJP	Tapas Kumar Yadav (Ananda Yadav)	60,533	29.15	+18.80
	AIFB	Dipak Chatterjee	21,328	10.27	-29.44
	NOTA	None of the above	1,900	0.91	+0.06
	Independent	Moinuddin Shams	1,832	0.88
	BMP	Manik Hansda	1,586	0.76
	BSP	Dinabandhu Mondal	1,031	0.50	-1.70
	JD(U)	Amarjit Fulmali	984	0.47
	Justice And Development Party	Md. Monibur Rahaman	617	0.30
	Independent	Abdus Salam	447	0.22
Turnout			207,696	84.83	-0.09
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Moinuddin Shams of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Nalhati

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Moinuddin Shams	83,412	45.33	+17.28
	AIFB	Dipak Chatterjee	73,084	39.71	+6.72
	BJP	Anil Singha	19,046	10.35	+3.07
	BSP	Dinabandhu Mondal	4,053	2.20
	SUCI(C)	Abdus Salam	1,885	1.02
	NOTA	None of the above	1,563	0.85
	Independent	Sukanta Ghosh	979	0.53
Turnout			184,022	84.92	-0.84
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA Abhijit Mukherjee to the Lok Sabha from Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Bye-election, 2013: Nalhati ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Dipak Chatterjee	55,341	32.99	-5.96
	INC	Abdur Rahaman	47,595	28.38	-20.27
	AITC	Biplab Kumar Ojha	47,041	28.05	+28.05
	BJP	Anil Singha	12,219	7.28	+0.46
	AIUDF	Md. Noorul Hoda	1,953	1.16
	Independent	Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay	1,368
	JP	Nurul Islam	1,227
	Independent	Kaosar Sekh	957
Majority			7,746	4.61
Turnout			167,701	85.76
	AIFB gain from INC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Abhijit Mukherjee (son of Pranab Mukherjee) of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nalhati ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abhijit Mukherjee	76,047	48.65	+3.22#
	AIFB	Dipak Chatterjee	60,887	38.95	-11.49
	BJP	Anil Singha	10,656	6.82
	BSP	Bikash Mondal	2,717	1.74
	Independent	Rudra Deb Ghosh	1,516
	Independent	Ajrail Md.	1,258
	SUCI	Rafiqul Hasan	1,123
	Independent	Prabhat Kumar Mondal	912
Turnout			156,329	88.55
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing	+14.71#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 assembly state assembly elections, Dipak Chatterjee of Forward Bloc won the Nalhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Walee Mollah of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996 Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc defeated Sharif Hossain of Congress. Sattick Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madan Mohan Mandal of BJP in 1991, Brindaban Saha of Congress in 1987 and Sachidanandan Sau of Congress in 1982. Bhabani Prasad Chattopadhyay of Forward Bloc defeated Abhoy Charan Das of Congress in 1977. ^[8]

1951–1972

Golam Mohiuddin, Independent, won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Shiromani Prasad of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Nalhati was a joint seat. Mohammad Yeakub Hossain and Sisir Kumar Saha, both of Congress, won from Nalhati. In independent India's first election in 1951 Mohammad Yeakub Hossain of Congress won. ^[9]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
2. "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
3. "Annexure XV Return of Election" (PDF). 293 Nalhati constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
4. "Nomination status in Naihati Bye election 2013". Nalhati Bye-election 2013. Official website of Birbhum district. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
5. "Nalhati". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nalhati. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nalhati. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
8. "293 – Nalhati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
9. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.