Coordinates: 25°25′N 87°53′E / 25.417°N 87.883°E / 25.417; 87.883

Harishchandrapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Harischandrapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Harischandrapur is located in West Bengal
Harischandrapur
Harischandrapur
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 25°25′N 87°53′E / 25.417°N 87.883°E / 25.417; 87.883
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
Constituency No46
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency7. Maldaha Uttar
Electorate (year)160,562 (2011)[1]
214,992 (2016)[2]
252,487 (2021)[3]

Harishchandrapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Current MLA is Tajmul Hossain leader of All India Trinamool Congress.[4]

Overview[]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 46 Harishchandrapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Harishchandrapur II community development block and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur gram panchayats of Harischandrapur I community development block.[5]

Harishchandrapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[5] It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Harishchandrapur Ram Hari Roy Indian National Congress[6]
1957 Md. Elias Razi Independent[7]
1962 Birendra Kumar Moitra Indian National Congress[8]
1967 Md. Elias Razi Independent[9]
1969 Md. Elias Razi Workers Party of India[10]
1971 Md. Elias Razi Workers Party of India[11]
1972 Goutam Chakravarty Indian National Congress[12]
1977 Birendra Kumar Moitra Janata Party[13]
1982 Abdul Wahed Indian National Congress[14]
1987 Birendra Kumar Moitra All India Forward Bloc[15]
1991 Birendra Kumar Moitra All India Forward Bloc[16]
1996 Birendra Kumar Motra All India Forward Bloc[17]
2001 Alam Mostaque Indian National Congress[18]
2006 Tajmul Hossain All India Forward Bloc[19]
2011 Tajmul Hossain All India Forward Bloc/Trinamool Congress[20]
2016 west Bengal assembly election Alam Mostaque INC

Election results[]

2016

West Bengal Assembly elections, 2016: Harishchandrapur constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC ALAM MOSTAQUE 60047 34.90
AITC TAJMUL HOSSAIN 42190 24.52
AIFB ALAM MD. RAFIQUL 35075 20.39
BJP SANVARLAL KEDIA 25889 15.05
BSP EFRAJUL HOQUE 3460 2.01

2011[]

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Harishchandrapur constituency[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Tajmul Hossain 62,019 46.19 -0.48
INC Mostaque Alam 59,578 44.37 -0.80
BJP Rina Saha 6,033 4.49
BSP Efrajul Hoque 3,876 2.89
Independent Monowara Begam 1,815
Independent Gouri Sankar Kedia 942
Turnout 134,263 83.63
AIFB hold Swing +0.32

1977–2006[]

In the 2006 state assembly elections[19] Tajmul Hossain of Forward Bloc won the Harishchandrapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Alam Mostaque of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Alam Mostaque of Congress defeated Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc in 2001.[18] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc defeated Alam Mostaque of Congress in 1996[17] and Abdul Wahed of Congress in 1991[16] and 1987.[15] Abdul Wahed of Congress defeated Subhash Chaudhury of Forward Bloc in 1982.[14] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Janata Party defeated Mohammad Elias Razi of WPI in 1977.[13][22]

1951–1972[]

Goutam Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972.[12] Md. Elias Razi of WPI/ Independent won in 1971,[11] 1969[10] and 1967.[9] Birendra Kumar Maitra of Congress won in 1962.[8] Md. Elias Razi contesting as an independent candidate won in 1957.[7] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ramhari Roy of Congress won the Harishchandrapur seat.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Tajmul Hossain(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- HARISCHANDRAPUR(MALDA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  18. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  19. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  20. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Harishchandrapur. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  22. ^ "42 - Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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