Hariharpara Assembly constituency

Hariharpara
Constituency No. 73 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyMurshidabad
Established1951
Total electors247,421
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Hariharpara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Hariharpara Vidhan Sabha constituency covers Hariharpara community development block and Chhaighari and Madanpur gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.[1]

This constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency MLA Party
1951 Hariharpara Haji A. Hameed Indian National Congress[2]
1957[3]
1962 Abdul Latif[4]
1967 S. Ahmed[5]
1969 Aftabuddin Ahmed #0c6b4b Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal)[6]
1971 Independent[7]
1972 Abu Raihan Biswas Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[8]
1977 Shaikh Imajuddin Indian National Congress[9]
1982[10]
1987 Mozammel Haque Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991[12]
1996[13]
2001 Niamot Sheikh Independent[14]
2006 Insar Ali Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011[16]
2016 Niamot Sheikh Trinamool Congress[16]
2021

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Niamot Sheikh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hariharpara constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Niamot Sheikh 102,660 47.51 Increase9.74
INC Alamgir Mir (Palash) 88,594 41.00 Increase5.87
BJP Tanmoy Biswas 18,378 8.51 Increase5.66
SUCI(C) Golam Ambia 1,725 0.80 Decrease0.68
NOTA None of the above 1,117 0.52 Decrease0.09
Turnout 2,16,075 87.33 Increase0.62
Majority 14,066 6.51 Increase3.87
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Niamot Sheikh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hariharpara constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Niamot Sheikh 71,502 37.77 Increase6.09
INC Alamgir Mir (Palash) 66,499 35.13 New
CPI(M) Insar Ali Biswas 39,057 20.63 Decrease14.93
BJP Tulsi Prasad Sukul 5,394 2.85 Increase0.05
SUCI(C) Golam Mostafa 2,804 1.48 New
IUML Asgar Ali Sheikh 1,382 0.73 New
NOTA None of the Above 1,159 0.61 New
Majority 5,003 2.64 Decrease1.24
Turnout 1,89,291 86.71 Decrease3.58
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase5.05

2011

In the 2011 election, Insar Ali Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Niamot Sheikh of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hariharpara constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Insar Ali Biswas 58,293 35.56 −9.58
AITC Niamot Sheikh 51,935 31.68 −14.63#
Independent/Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury supported Alamgir Mir (Palash) 44,982 27.44
BJP Bishnu Charan Sikdar 4,583 2.80
SDPI Masudul Islam 1,929
Independent Sufal Haldar 1,351
MLKSC Sattar Sekh 846
Turnout 163,919 90.37
CPI(M) hold Swing +5.05#

Alamgir Mir, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate, supported by the Baharampur MP, Adhir Chowdhury.[18][19]

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Insar Ali Biswas of CPI(M) won the Hariharpara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Niamot Sheikh of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Niamot Sheikh, Independent, defeated Nizamuddin of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) defeated Mannan Hossain of Congress in 1996,[13] Khaanarul Hossain of Congress in 1991,[12] and Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress in 1987.[11] Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1982[10] and Abu Raihan Biswas of SUC in 1977.[9][20]

1951–1972

Abu Raihan Biswas of SUC won in 1972.[8] Aftabuddin Ahmed, Independent, won in 1971.[7] Aftabuddin Ahmed of Progressive Muslim League won in 1969.[6] S.Ahmed of Congress won in 1967.[5] Abdul Latif of Congress won in 1962.[4] Haji A. Hameed of Congress won in 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Hariharpara. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "Mamata attacks Adhir in his stronghold". The Times of India, 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Adhir launches rebel campaign". The Telegraph, 9 April 2006. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  20. ^ "62 - Hariharpara Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.