Haringhata Assembly constituency

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Haringhata
Constituency No. 93 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Haringhata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Lok Sabha constituencyBangaon
Established1957
Total electors240,606
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2021

Haringhata Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 93 Haringhata Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Haringhata municipality, Haringhata community development block, and Dewli and Hingara gram panchayats of Chakdaha community development block.[1]

Haringhata Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of the Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1957 Smarajit Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress
Promatha Ranjan Thakur
1962 Narendra Nath Sarkar
1967 Mohammad Karim Baksh Independent politician
1969
1971 Nani Gopal Malakar Communist Party of India
1972 Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya
1977 Nani Gopal Malakar Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996 Mili Hira
2001 Bankim Chandra Ghosh
2006
2011 Nilima Nag (Mallick) All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Asim Kumar Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2021

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Haringhata (SC) constituency[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashim Kumar Sarkar 97,666 46.31
AITC Nilima Nag (Mallick) 82,466 39.11
CPI(M) Alakesh Das 24,800 11.76
Turnout
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Dr. Biswajit Paul of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Haringhata (SC) constituency[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nilima Nag (Mallick) 83,366 49.45 +6.76#
CPI(M) Dr. Biswajit Paul 70,363 41.74 −10.16
BJP Binay Krishna Biswas 8,780 5.21
PDS Shyam Prasad Mondal 3,810
BSP Bidyut Mallick 2,261
Turnout 168,580 89.89
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +16.92#

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

2006

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In the 2006 election, Bankim Chandra Ghosh of CPIM won the seat.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Haringhata (SC) constituency[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bankim Chandra Ghosh 95,524
AITC Dipak Basu 68,058
CPI(M) hold Swing {{{swing}}}

1977-2006

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In the 2006[7] and 2001 state assembly elections,[8] Bankim Chandra Ghosh of CPI (M) won the Haringhata assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Dipak Basu and Saradindu Biswas (both of Trinamool Congress) in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996,[9] Mili Hira of CPI (M) defeated Ratna Ghosh of Congress. In 1991,[10] 1987,[11] 1982[12] and 1977[13] Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI (M) defeated Pratap Roy of Congress, Dilip Roy of Congress, Phani Bhusan Das of ICS and Manas Kumar Ganguly of Congress in the respective years.[14]

1957-1972

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Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1972.[15] Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI won in 1971.[16] Mohammad Karim Baksh, Independent, won in 1969[17] and 1967.[18] Narendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1962.[19] In 1957 Haringhata was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Smarajit Bandopadhyay and Promatha Ranjan Thakur, both of Congress, won in 1957.[20] The Haringhata seat was not there in 1951.

References

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