Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Haroa is an open seat from 2011 but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes

Haroa
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Haroa
Location in West Bengal
Haroa
Haroa (India)
Coordinates: 22°35′54″N 88°40′46″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No121
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyBasirhat
Electorate (year)186,578 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 121 Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashan gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats of Deganga community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats of Haroa community development block.[1]

Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Haroa SandeshkhaliJyotish Chandra Roy SardarIndian National Congress[2]
Hemanta Kumar GhoshalCommunist Party of India[2]
1957HaroaJehangir KabirIndian National Congress[3]
1962Jehangir KabirIndian National Congress[4]
1967Gangadhar PramanickBangla Congress[5]
1969Brajendra Nath SarkarBangla Congress[6]
1971Gangadhar PramanickIndian National Congress[7]
1972Gangadhar PramanickIndian National Congress[8]
1977Kshiti Ranjan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Kshiti Ranjan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Kshiti Ranjan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Kshiti Ranjan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Kshiti Ranjan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Kshiti Ranjan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Ashim Kumar DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Julfiquer Ali MollaAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Haji Nurul IslamAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Haroa constituency [16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Julfiquer Ali Molla 76,627 45.70 +5.84#
CPI (M) Imtiaz Hossain 75,503 45.03 -10.40
BJP Subodh Kumar Chakraborty 7,409 4.42
People’s Democratic Conference of India Wallur Rahman 3,910
Independent Golam Faruque Mollah 2,401
BSP Dilip Bairagi 1,828
Turnout 167,678 89.87
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 16.64#

.# 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 state assembly elections,[15] Asim Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kshiti Ranjan Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 2001[14] and 1996,[13] Kumud Ranjan Roy of Congress in 1991,[12] Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 1987,[11] Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress in 1982[10] and Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977.[9][18]

1951–1972

Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[6] Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of CPI won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.[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 8 September 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Haroa. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  18. "97 – Haroa (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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