Haringhata Assembly constituency

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

Haringhata
Constituency No. 93 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Haringhata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
LS constituency	Bangaon
Established	1957
Total electors	240,606
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Asim Kumar Sarkar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

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

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Haringhata	Smarajit Bandopadhyay	Indian National Congress[3]
		Promatha Ranjan Thakur	Indian National Congress[3]
1962		Narendra Nath Sarkar	Indian National Congress[4]
1967		Mohammad Karim Baksh	Independent[5]
1969		Mohammad Karim Baksh	Independent[6]
1971		Nani Gopal Malakar	Communist Party of India[7]
1972		Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India[8]
1977		Nani Gopal Malakar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982		Nani Gopal Malakar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987		Nani Gopal Malakar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991		Nani Gopal Malakar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996		Mili Hira	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001		Bankim Chandra Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006		Bankim Chandra Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011		Nilima Nag (Mallick)	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016		Nilima Nag (Mallick)	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Asim Kumar Sarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Haringhata (SC) constituency^[16][17]

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

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^[16][18]

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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Haringhata (SC) constituency^[16][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Bankim Chandra Ghosh	95,524
	AITC	Dipak Basu	68,058
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1977-2006

In the 2006^[15] and 2001 state assembly elections,^[14] 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,^[13] Mili Hira of CPI (M) defeated Ratna Ghosh of Congress. In 1991,^[12] 1987,^[11] 1982^[10] and 1977^[9] 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.^[20]

1957-1972

Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1972.^[8] Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI won in 1971.^[7] Mohammad Karim Baksh, Independent, won in 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] Narendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1962.^[4] 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.^[3] The Haringhata seat was not there in 1951.

References

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