Hansan Assembly constituency

Hansan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Hansan
Constituency No. 292 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Hansan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Lok Sabha constituency	Birbhum
Established	1962
Total electors	181,166
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok Kumar Chattopadhyay
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 292 Hansan Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rampurhat II and Nalhati II CD Blocks.^[1]

Hansan Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1967	S. Prasad		Indian National Congress
1969	Mrityunjoy Mandal		All India Forward Bloc
1971	Trilochan Mal		Revolutionary Communist Party of India
1972	Dhanapati Mal		Indian National Congress
1977	Trilochan Mal		Revolutionary Communist Party of India
1982
1987	Asit Kumar Mal		Indian National Congress
1991	Trilochan Das		Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)
1996	Asit Kumar Mal		Indian National Congress
2001
2006
2011
2016	Milton Rashid
2021	Asok Kumar Chattopadhyay		All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Hansan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asok Kumar Chattopadhyay	108,289	51.00	+8.77
	BJP	Nikhil Banerjee	57,676	27.00	+22.87
	INC	Milton Rashid	39,815	19.00	−30.94
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,420	1.00	−0.29
	SUCI(C)	Juthika Dhibar	1,229	1.00	+0.58
	BSP	Sushen Das	1,177	1.00	+0.15
Majority			50,613
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Milton Rashid of Congress defeated his nearest rival Asit Kumar Mal of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hansan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Milton Rashid	92,619	49.94	+3.21
	AITC	Asit Kumar Mal	76,465	41.23
	BJP	Ruparani Mondal	7,662	4.13	+1.98
	NOTA	None of the above	2,400	1.29
	BSP	Prabir Mukhopadhyay	1,584	0.85
	WPI	Bikash Let	1,119	0.60
	SP	Ali Tanser	1,047	0.56
	CPI(ML)L	Manik Mal	1,041	0.56
	SUCI(C)	Amal Mondal	785	0.42
	RCPI	Kamal Hasan	751	0.40	−29.48
Majority			16,154	8.71
Turnout			185,473	84.42	−2.25
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Hasan of RCPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hansan^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asit Kumar Mal	73,370	46.73	−3.17
	RCPI	Kamal Hasan	46,918	29.88	−13.01
	Independent	Md. Rafiuddin	27,461	17.49
	BJP	Ruparani Mondal	3,373	2.15
	SUCI(C)	Amal Kumar Mondal	2,503
	BSP	Radheshyam Singh	1,265
	JP	Jiyar Ali	1,081
	Independent	Azizul Hoque	1,050
Turnout			157,021	86.67
	INC hold		Swing	+9.84

1977–2006

From 1996 to 2006, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress was elected from the Hansan (SC) assembly constituency. He defeated Khagendranath Mal of CPI(M) in 2006, Mihir Bain of RCPI(R) in 2001 and 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Trilochan Das of RCPI (RB) defeated Asit Kumar Mal of Congress in 1991. Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated Trilochan Das, Independent in 1987. Trilochan Mal, Independent/RCPI, defeated Asit Kumar Mal Congress/Independent in 1982 and 1977.^[4]

1962–1972

Dhanapati Mal of Congress won in 1972. Trilochan Mal of RCPI won in 1971. Mrityunjoy Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. S.Prasad of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Hansan seat was not there.^[5]