Habra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Habra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

For other uses, see Habra (disambiguation).
Habra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Habra
Location in West Bengal
Habra
Habra (India)
Coordinates: 22°50′0″N 88°38′0″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.100
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency17. Barasat
Electorate (year)178,874 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 100 Habra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Habra municipality, and Kumra, Pritibha, Rautara and Machhalandpur II gram panchayats of Habra I community development block.[1]

Habra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951HabraTarun Kanti GhoseIndian National Congress[2]
1957Tarun Kanti GhoseIndian National Congress[3]
1962Tarun Kanti GhoseIndian National Congress [4]
1967J.P.MukherjeeBangla Congress[5]
1969Tarun Kanti GhoseIndian National Congress[6]
1971Tarun Kanti GhoseIndian National Congress[7]
1972Tarun Kanti GhoseIndian National Congress[8]
1977Nirode Roy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Nirode Roy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Kamal Sengupta (Bose)Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Kamal Sengupta (Bose)Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Baren BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Tapati DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006P K BhattacharyyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Jyotipriya MallickAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Jyotipriya Mallick of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pranab Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Habra constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jyotipriya Mallick 86,218 55.00 +4.87#
CPI (M) Pranab Bhattacharya 60,826 38.80 -7.30
BJP Utpal Kumar Paul 5,543 3.54
BSP Kamalendu Bala 2,001
Independent Satyen Roy 1,288
Independent Amar Krishna Manadal 877
Turnout 156,753 87.63
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 11.67#

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 23
Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 16
Forward Bloc 0 3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 1
Communist Party of India 1 1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 Assembly elections,[15] P K Bhattacharyya of CPI (M) won the Habra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapati Dutta of Trinamool Congress, who won the 2001 election[14] defeating Amitava Nandy of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996, Baren Basu of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid Mandal of Congress.[13] In 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Kamal Sengupta (Bose) of CPI (M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress. In 1982 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress.[10] In 1977 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Krishnadas Chattopadhyay of Congress.[9][18]

1951-1972

Tarun Kanti Ghose of Congress won in 1972,[8] 1971[7] and 1969.[6] J.P.Mukherjee of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Tarun Kanti Ghose won in 1962,[4]1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Habra. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  18. "87 - Habra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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