Haroa Assembly constituency

Haroa
Constituency No. 121 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBasirhat
Established1951
Total electors186,578
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Haroa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 121 Haroa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashan gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats of Deganga community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats of Haroa community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1951[2] Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar Indian National Congress
Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal Communist Party of India
1957[3] Jehangir Kabir Indian National Congress
1962[4]
1967[5] Gangadhar Pramanick Bangla Congress
1969[6] Brajendra Nath Sarkar
1971[7] Gangadhar Pramanick Indian National Congress
1972[8]
1977[9] Kshiti Ranjan Mondal Communist Party of India
1982[10]
1987[11]
1991[12]
1996[13]
2001[14]
2006[15] Ashim Kumar Das
2011[16] Julfiquer Ali Molla All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Haji Nurul Islam
2021
2024 By-election Sheikh Rabiul Islam

Election Results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Haroa[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sheikh Rabiul Islam 157,072 76.63 Increase19.29
ISF Piyarul Islam 25,684 12.53 Decrease9.2
BJP Bimal Das 13,570 6.62 Decrease10.31
INC Habib Reza Chowdhury 3,765 1.84
NOTA None of the above 1,027 0.5
Majority 120,709
Turnout 201,118
AITC hold Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Haroa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Haji Nurul Islam 130,398 57.34 +1.01
ISF Kutubuddin Fathe 49,420 21.73 New
BJP Rajendra Saha (Somu) 38,506 16.93 +11.41
NOTA None of the above 2,930 1.29 −0.08
Independent Md. Kutubuddin 2,484 1.09
United Socialist Party Akher Ali Molla 2,401 1.06
Justice and Development Party Abul Kalam 1,256 0.55
Turnout 227,395 87.73 +0.95
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Haroa constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Haji Nurul Islam 113,001 56.33 +10.63
CPI(M) Imtiaz Hossain 70,594 35.19 −9.84
BJP Manmatha Bachar 11,078 5.52 +1.10
BSP Md. Nazrul Islam 3,208 1.60
NOTA None of the above 2,741 1.37
Turnout 200,622 86.78 +3.09
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Haroa constituency[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Julfiquer Ali Molla 76,627 45.70 +5.84#
CPI(M) Imtiaz Hossain 75,503 45.03 −10.40
BJP Subodh Kumar Chakraborty 7,409 4.42
People’s Democratic Conference of India Wallur Rahman 3,910
Independent Golam Faruque Mollah 2,401
BSP Dilip Bairagi 1,828
Turnout 167,678 89.87
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 16.64#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Asim Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kshiti Ranjan Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 2001[14] and 1996,[13] Kumud Ranjan Roy of Congress in 1991,[12] Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 1987,[11] Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress in 1982[10] and Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977.[9][19]

1951–1972

Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[6] Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of CPI won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.[2]

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, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. ^ The Hindu (23 November 2024). "West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress sweeps bypolls in six Assembly seats". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Haroa. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "97 – Haroa (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.