Haringhata Assembly constituency

Haringhata Assembly constituency 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
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangaon
Established	1957
Total electors	240,606
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashim Kumar Sarkar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
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

Year	Name	Party
1957	Smarajit Bandopadhyay		Indian National Congress
	Promatha Ranjan Thakur
1962	Narendra Nath Sarkar
1967	Mohammad Karim Baksh		Independent politician
1969
1971	Nani Gopal Malakar		Communist Party of India
1972	Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya
1977	Nani Gopal Malakar		Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996	Mili Hira
2001	Bankim Chandra Ghosh
2006
2011	Nilima Nag (Mallick)		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Asim Kumar Sarkar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Haringhata (SC) constituency^[3][4]

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^[3][5]

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^[3][6]

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^[7] and 2001 state assembly elections,^[8] 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,^[9] Mili Hira of CPI (M) defeated Ratna Ghosh of Congress. In 1991,^[10] 1987,^[11] 1982^[12] and 1977^[13] 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.^[14]

1957-1972

Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1972.^[15] Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI won in 1971.^[16] Mohammad Karim Baksh, Independent, won in 1969^[17] and 1967.^[18] Narendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1962.^[19] 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.^[20] The Haringhata seat was not there in 1951.