Habibpur Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Habibpur (disambiguation).

Habibpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Habibpur
Constituency No. 43 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Habibpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Lok Sabha constituency	Maldaha Uttar
Established	1962
Total electors	249,557
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Joyel Murmu
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 43 Habibpur Assembly constituency (ST) covers Bamangola community development block and Aktail, Baidyapur, Bulbul Chandi, Dhumpur, Habibpur, Jajail, Kanturka and Mangalpur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block.^[1]

Habibpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	MLA	Party
1962	Habibpur	Nimai Chand Murmu		Communist Party of India[2]
1967		B. Murmu		Indian National Congress[3]
1969		Nimai Chand Murmu		Communist Party of India[4]
1971		Sarkar Murmu		Independent[5]
1972		Rabindranath Murmu		Communist Party of India[6]
1977		Sarkar Murmu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982[8]
1987[9]
1991[10]
1996		Jadu Hembrom[11]
2001		Khagen Murmu[12]
2006[13]
2011[14]
2016
2019^		Joyel Murmu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2021

• ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Habibpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Joyel Murmu	94,075	47.52	−3.41
	AITC	Prodip Baskey	74,558	37.66	+3.62
	CPI(M)	Thakur Tudu	13,805	6.97	+1.41
	BMP	Subin Hansda	5,896	2.98	+0.51
	NOTA	None of the above	2,162	1.09	+0.21
	API	Pratap Koramudi	1,887	0.95
	Independent	Provat Kisku	1,701	0.86
	BSP	Shrinath Tudu	1,667	0.84
	Independent	Murmu Joy	830	0.42
	KPPU	Biswanath Mardi	747	0.38	−0.02
	Independent	Nirmal Soren	661	0.33
Majority			19,517	9.86	−7.03
Turnout			197,989	79.34	+3.85
Registered electors			249,557
	BJP hold		Swing

2019 by-election

By-polls were held in seat due to resignation of the sitting MLA Khagen Murmu, who had been elected as the MP for North Maldaha on a BJP ticket.

2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Habibpur (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Joyel Murmu	92,300	50.93	+28.34
	AITC	Amal Kisku	61,687	34.04	+0.64
	CPI(M)	Sadhu Tudu	10,076	5.56	−29.20
	INC	Rejina Murmu	8,277	4.57	N/A
	BMP	Baburam Kisku	4,471	2.47	+0.96
	Independent	Mandal Mardi	1,605	0.89	−0.69
	KPPU	Sangita Soren	722	0.40	N/A
	JMM	Imanuyel Hembrom	508	0.28	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,593	0.88	−1.16
Majority			30,613	16.89
Turnout			1,81,239	75.49	−7.16
Registered electors			2,40,071
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+28.77

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Habibpur (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagen Murmu	64,095	34.76	−2.84
	AITC	Amal Kisku	61,583	33.40	−2.70
	BJP	Prodip Baskey	41,656	22.59	+2.52
	Independent	Mandal Mardi	2,918	1.58
	BMP	Subin Hansda	2,780	1.51
	Independent	Mandal Soren	2,757	1.50
	SP	Lakshiram Baske	2,510	1.36
	BSP	Pradeep Murmu	1,567	0.85
	SUCI(C)	Shibananda Saren	748	0.41
	NOTA	None of the above	3,755	2.04
Majority			2,512	1.36	−0.14
Turnout			1,84,369	82.65
Registered electors			2,23,084
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Khagen Murmu of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mohan Tudu of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Habibpur (ST) constituency^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagen Murmu	59,286	37.60	−8.07
	AITC	Mohan Tudu	57,028	36.10	+29.52
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Munda	31,638	20.07	−17.14
	Independent	Amin Tudu	6,244	3.96
	BSP	Jageswar Hembram	346
Turnout			157,662	84.32
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-20.25#

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest in 2006, but had supported BJP. Swing based on Congress vote percentage in 2006. BJP's negative swing in 2011 also adjusted in the final swing.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections^[13] Khagen Murmu of CPI(M) won the Habibpur (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramlal Hansda of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jadu Hembrom of CPI(M) defeated Ramlal Hansda of BJP in 2001^[12] and Lucas Hembram of Congress in 1996.^[11] Sarkar Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Gopinath Murmu of Congress in 1991,^[10] Moshi Charan Tudu of Congress in 1987^[9] and 1982,^[8] and Bobila Murmu of Janata Party in 1977.^[7][16]

1962–1972

Rabindranath Murmu of CPI won in 1972.^[6] Sarkar Murmu, Independent, won in 1971.^[5] Nimai Chand Murmu of CPI won in 1969.^[4] B.Murmu of Congress won in 1967.^[3] Nimai Chand Murmu of CPI won in 1962.^[2] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.