Hingalganj Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Hingalganj, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Hingalganj.
Hingalganj
Constituency No. 126 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Hingalganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBasirhat
Established1967
Total electors243,747
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Hingalganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 126 Hingalganj Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Hingalganj community development block, and Barunhat Rameshwarpur, Bhabanipur I, Bhabanipur II, Hasnabad, PatliKhanpur gram panchayats of Hasnabad community development block, and Khulna gram panchayat of Sandeshkhali II community development block.[1]

Hingalganj Assembly constituency is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Hingalganj B.N.Brahmachari Independent[2]
1969 Hazarilal Mondal Communist Party of India[3]
1971 Lalit Kumar Ghosh Indian National Congress[4]
1972 Gopal Chandra Gayen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1977 Sudhansu Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982 Sudhansu Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987 Sudhansu Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991 Nripen Gayen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996 Nripen Gayen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2001 Nripen Gayen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2006 Gopal Gayen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011 Anandamoy Mondal Communist Party of India[13]
2016 Debes Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Debes Mondal All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Debesh Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Nemai Das of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Hingalganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Debes Mondal 104,706 53.78 +0.78
BJP Nemai Das 79,790 40.98 +32.97
CPI Ranjan Kumar Mondal 6,008 3.09 −32.96
NOTA None of the above 1,736 0.89 −0.15
Independent Krishna Gayen 1,154 0.59
BSP Nirmal Mudi 850 0.44 −0.38
Jan Sangh Party Sanjit Mondal 433 0.22
Turnout 194,681
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Debesh Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Anandamoy Mondal of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hingalganj (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Debes Mondal 94,753 53.00 +7.89
CPI Anandamoy Mondal 64,449 36.05 −9.70
BJP Labanya Mondal 14,327 8.01 +3.27
Independent Ranjit Gayen 1,921 1.07
NOTA None of the above 1,854 1.04
BSP Nitish Kumar Biswas 1,467 0.82
Turnout 178,771 84.26 −1.72
AITC gain from CPI Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Anandamoy Mondal of CPI defeated his nearest rival Debesh Mondal of Trinamool Congress,

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hingalganj (SC) constituency[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Anandamoy Mondal 72,744 45.75 −5.67
AITC Debes Mondal 71,726 45.11 +1.13#
BJP Ratikanta Baulia 7,533 4.74
Independent Parimal Mistri 2,368
BSP Alipada Paik 1,846
People’s Democratic Conference of India Sunil Mandal 1,727
Rashtriya Janasachetan Party Nirmal Kumar Biswas 1,046
Turnout 158,987 85.98
CPI gain from CPI(M) Swing -6.80#

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

2006

In the 2011 assembly elections, Anandamoy Mondal of CPI won the 99 Hingalganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Debes Mandal of Trinamool Congress. Debes Mandal lost second time from this assembly.

1977-2006

In the 2006 assembly elections,[12] Gopal Gayen of CPI(M) won the 99 Hingalganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Debes Mandal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nripen Gayen of CPI(M) defeated Sourendra Mondal of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[11] Bidyut Kayal of Congress in 1996[10] and Sankar Roy of Congress in 1991.[9] Sudhanshu Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Aditya Mondal of Congress in 1987[8] and Amal Krishna Mistry representing Congress in 1982[7] and representing Janata Party in 1977.[6][15]

1967-1972

Anil Chandra Mondal of CPI won in 1972.[5] Gopal Chandra Gayen of CPI(M) won in 1971.[4] Hazari Lal Mondal of CPI won in 1969.[3] B.N. Brahmachari an Independent won in 1967.[2] Prior to that the Hingalganj seat was not there.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Hingalganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "99 - Hingalganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.