Itahar Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake census town, see Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Itahar.

Itahar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Itahar
Constituency No. 36 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Itahar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Balurghat
Established	1951
Total electors	229,362
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mosaraf Hussen
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 36 Itahar Assembly constituency covers Itahar community development block.^[1]

Itahar Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	MLA	Party
1951	Banamali Das		Indian National Congress[2]
1957	Basanta Lal Chatterjee		Communist Party of India[3]
1962	Dr. Zainal Abedin		Indian National Congress[4]
1967
1969
1971
1972
1977
1982			Indian Congress (Socialist)[5]
1987	Swadesh Chaki		Communist Party of India[6]
1991	Dr. Zainal Abedin		Indian National Congress[7]
1996	Srikumar Mukherjee		Communist Party of India[8]
2001
2006
2011	Amal Acharjee		All India Trinamool Congress[9]
2016
2021	Mosaraf Hussen

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Mosaraf Hussen of AITC defeated his nearest rival Amit Kumar Kundu of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Itahar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mosaraf Hussen	114,645	59.10	+6.84
	BJP	Amit Kumar Kundu	70,670	36.43	+32.22
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	4,908	2.53	−38.44
	NOTA	None of the above	1,240	0.64	−0.39
	Independent	Mojammel Haque	1,024	0.53
	AIMIM	Mofakkerul Islam	831	0.43
	Independent	Firoj Alam	346	0.18
	Independent	Tufan Barman	189	0.10
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Barman	133	0.07
Turnout			193,986
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Amal Acharjee of AITC defeated his nearest rival Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Itahar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amal Acharjee	88,507	52.26	+8.31
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	69,387	40.97	+2.40
	BJP	Yunish Hoque	7,126	4.21	+2.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,743	1.03
	JDP	Hopna Murmu	1,576	0.93	+0.30
	BSP	Jainal Abedin	1,008	0.60
Turnout			169,347	83.74	−1.81
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Amal Acharjee of AITC defeated his nearest rival Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Itahar constituency^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Amal Acharjee	61,707	43.95	+31.98
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	54,655	38.93	−5.02
	Independent	Md. Rakbul Boksh	16,803	11.97
	BJP	Suman Kumar Acharjee	2,794	1.99
	Independent	Manik Chandra Sarkar	2,222	1.58
	JDP	Hopna Murmu	889	0.63
	IPFB	Abdur Razaqque	679	0.48
	CPI(ML)L	Suleman Hafiji	653	0.47
Turnout			140,402	85.55	+0.03
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing	-1.93#

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

.# Md. Rakbul Boksh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, he was suspended from the party.

2006

In the 2006 election, Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI defeated Amal Acharjee of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Itahar constituency^[9][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee	66,768	43.95	−6.17#
	INC	Amal Acharjee	66,028	38.93	−8.19
	AITC	Dr. Zainal Abedin	6,581	11.97
	LJP	Jayanta Sarkar	1,999
	CPI(ML)L	Suleman Hafiji	1,370
	JDP	Ujjwal Kumar Ray	1151
	RPI	Shovan Lal Mitra	660
Turnout			140,402	85.58
	CPI hold		Swing	1.98#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI won the 36 Itahar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amal Acharjee of Congress in 2006,^[12] Dr. Zainal Abedin of NCP in 2001^[13] and Dr. Zainal Abedin representing Congress in 1996.^[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI in 1991.^[7] Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress in 1987.^[6] Dr. Zainal Abedin of ICS/Congress defeated Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI in 1982^[5] and Salil Kumar Guha of CPI(M) in 1977.^[14][15]

1951–1972

Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress won in 1972,^[16] 1971,^[17] 1969,^[18] 1967^[19] and 1962.^[4] Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI won in 1957.^[3] Banamali Das of Congress won in 1951.^[2]