Hemtabad Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Hemtabad.
Hemtabad
Constituency No. 33 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Hemtabad Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyRaiganj
Established2011
Total electors265,318
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Hemtabad is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad Assembly constituency (SC) covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.[1]

Hemtabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year MLA Party
Hemtabad constituency created - 2011
2011 Khagendra Nath Sinha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 Debendra Nath Roy
2021 Satyajit Barman Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Satyajit Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Chandima Roy of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hemtabad (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satyajit Barman 116,425 52.14 +18.11
BJP Chandima Roy 89,210 39.95 +19.32
CPI(M) Bhupen Barman 9,453 4.23 −36.44
NOTA None of the above 2,160 0.97 −0.26
AMB Manindra Barman 1,581 0.71
SUCI(C) Jyotirmay Barman 1,518 0.68 −0.36
BSP Binay Kumar Roy 1,411 0.63 −0.41
Independent Sankar Barman 842 0.38
Independent Dipu Barman 701 0.31
Turnout 223,301 84.16 −0.84
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hemtabad (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Debendra Nath Roy 80,419 40.67 −4.84
AITC Sabita Kshetry 67,283 34.03 +11.23
BJP Bhanu Ram Barman 40,795 20.63 +15.09
NOTA None of the above 2,437 1.23 +1.23
BSP Alakesh Barman 2,065 1.04
SUCI(C) Jyotirmay Barman 2,048 1.04
Turnout 197,736 85.00 −0.01
CPI(M) hold Swing

Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP.

2011

In the 2011 election, Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hemtabad (SC) constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Khagendra Nath Sinha 71,557 45.51
AITC Sekhar Chandra Roy 35,849 22.80
Independent Chitta Ranjan Ray 30,923 19.67
BJP Bhanu Ram Barman 8,708 5.54
Independent Mamata Adhikary 4,292 2.73
RPI(A) Mohanta Barman 2,300
BSP Pabitra Kumar Biswas 2,118
Independent Uttam Barman 1,496
Turnout 157,239 85.01

The Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for the rebel Congress candidate contesting from Hemtabad as an independent candidate, Chittaranjan Roy, who was suspended from the Congress Party.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Hemtabad. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Deepa for rebel & Cong". The Telegraph, 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.