Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency

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Harishchandrapur
Constituency No. 46 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Malda
LS constituency Maldaha Uttar
Established1951
Total electors252,487
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 46 Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency covers Harishchandrapur II community development block and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur gram panchayats of Harischandrapur I community development block. [1]

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951 HarishchandrapurRam Hari Roy Indian National Congress [2]
1957 Md. Elias Razi Independent [3]
1962 Birendra Kumar MoitraIndian National Congress [4]
1967 Md. Elias RaziIndependent [5]
1969Md. Elias Razi Workers Party of India [6]
1971Md. Elias RaziWorkers Party of India [7]
1972Goutam ChakravartyIndian National Congress [8]
1977Birendra Kumar Moitra Janata Party [9]
1982Abdul WahedIndian National Congress [10]
1987Birendra Kumar Moitra All India Forward Bloc [11]
1991Birendra Kumar MoitraAll India Forward Bloc [12]
1996Birendra Kumar MotraAll India Forward Bloc [13]
2001 MostaqueAlam Indian National Congress [14]
2006 Tajmul HossainAll India Forward Bloc [15]
2011 Tajmul HossainAll India Forward Bloc/Trinamool Congress [16]
2016 Mostaque Alam Indian National Congress
2021 Tajmul Hossain All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Harishchandrapur constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tajmul Hossain 122,527 60.00
BJP Md. Matiur Rahaman45,05422.00
INC Mostaque Alam 29,39614.00
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)~6,0002.80
Majority77,473
Turnout
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Harishchandrapur constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mostaque Alam 60,047 34.90
AITC Tajmul Hossain4219024.52
AIFB Alam Md. Rafiqul3507520.39
BJP Sanvarlal Kedia2588915.05
Majority17857
Turnout
INC gain from AIFB Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Tajamul Hossain of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Harishchandrapur constituency [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Tajmul Hossain62,01946.19-0.48
INC Mostaque Alam 59,57844.37-0.80
BJP Rina Saha6,0334.49
BSP Efrajul Hoque3,8762.89
IndependentMonowara Begam1,815
IndependentGouri Sankar Kedia942
Turnout 134,26383.63
AIFB hold Swing +0.32

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections [15] Tajmul Hossain of Forward Bloc won the Harishchandrapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mostaque Alam of Congress defeated Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc in 2001. [14] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc defeated Mostaque Alam of Congress in 1996 [13] and Abdul Wahed of Congress in 1991 [12] and 1987. [11] Abdul Wahed of Congress defeated Subhash Chaudhury of Forward Bloc in 1982. [10] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Janata Party defeated Mohammad Elias Razi of WPI in 1977. [9] [18]

1951–1972

Goutam Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972. [8] Md. Elias Razi of WPI/ Independent won in 1971, [7] 1969 [6] and 1967. [5] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Congress won in 1962. [4] Md. Elias Razi contesting as an independent candidate won in 1957. [3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ramhari Roy of Congress won the Harishchandrapur seat. [2]

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References

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