| Farakka | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 55 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Farakka Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Dakshin |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 227,549 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Farakka Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 55 Farakka Assembly constituency coversFarakkacommunity development block and Gajinagar Malancha and Kanchantalagram panchayats ofSamserganj community development block.[1]
Farakka Assembly constituency is part of No. 8Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofJangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Mahammad Giasuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | T.A.N. Nabi | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Shadat Hossain | ||
| 1971 | Jerat Ali | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Abul Hasnat Khan | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Mainul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Manirul Islam | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manirul Islam | 102,319 | 55.00 | ||
| BJP | Hemanta Ghosh | 42,374 | 23.00 | ||
| INC | Mainul Haque | 36,205 | 19.00 | ||
| Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) | ~5,500 | 2.80 | |||
| Majority | 59,945 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections, Mainul Haque of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Mustafa of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mainul Haque | 83,314 | 51.05 | +12.38 | |
| AITC | Md. Mustafa | 55,147 | 33.79 | ||
| BJP | Indranath Upadhyay | 15,952 | 9.77 | −9.84 | |
| WPOI | Dr. Rejaul Karim | 4,022 | 2.46 | ||
| BSP | Khairul Alam | 1,909 | 1.17 | +0.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,840 | 1.13 | ||
| Independent | Mir Mainul Haque | 1,014 | 0.62 | ||
| Turnout | 163,198 | 84.99 | −4.05 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections, Mainul Hague of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Salam of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mainul Haque | 52,780 | 38.77 | –13.97# | |
| CPI(M) | Abdus Salam | 48,041 | 35.29 | –7.38 | |
| BJP | Hemanta Ghosh | 26,696 | 19.61 | ||
| Independent | Sanu Seikh | 3,914 | 2.88 | ||
| BSP | Satrughna Rabidas | 1,314 | 0.97 | ||
| Indian Unity Centre | Md. Safikul Islam | 1,250 | |||
| SDPI | Mahah Saijul Hoque | 1,122 | |||
| MLKSC | Baidul Haque | 1,010 | |||
| Turnout | 136,127 | 89.04 | |||
| INChold | Swing | −6.59# | |||
Sanu Seikh, contesting as an independent, was a Congress rebel.[4]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006,[5] 2001[6] and 1996[7] state assembly elections, Mainul Haque ofCongress won the Farakka assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Abdus Salam, Mir Tarekul Islam and Abul Hasnat Khan, all ofCPI(M), respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Abul Hasnat Khan of CPI(M) defeated Mainul Haque and Mainul Sheikh, both of Congress, in 1991[8] and 1987[9] respectively, and Jerat Ali, Independent, in 1982[10] and 1977.[11][12]
Jerat Ali of CPI(M) won in 1972[13] and 1971.[14] Shadat Hossain ofBangla Congress won in 1969.[15] T.A.N.Nabi of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[16] Mahammad Giasuddin of Congress won in1962,[17]1957[18] and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[19]
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