| Hariharpara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 73 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Hariharpara Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Murshidabad |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 247,421 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Hariharpara Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission HariharparaVidhan Sabha constituency coversHariharparacommunity development block and Chhaighari and Madanpurgram panchayats ofBerhampore community development block.[1]
This constituency is part of No. 11Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Haji A. Hameed | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Abdul Latif | ||
| 1967 | S. Ahmed | ||
| 1969 | Aftabuddin Ahmed | Progressive Muslim League | |
| 1971 | Independent politician | ||
| 1972 | Abu Raihan Biswas | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| 1977 | Shaikh Imajuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Mozammel Haque | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Niamot Sheikh | Independent politician | |
| 2006 | Insar Ali Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Niamot Sheikh | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | |||
In the 2021 election,Niamot Sheikh ofTrinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir ofCongress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Niamot Sheikh | 102,660 | 47.51 |  9.74 | |
| INC | Alamgir Mir (Palash) | 88,594 | 41.00 | 5.87 | |
| BJP | Tanmoy Biswas | 18,378 | 8.51 | 5.66 | |
| SUCI(C) | Golam Ambia | 1,725 | 0.80 |  0.68 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,117 | 0.52 | 0.09 | |
| Turnout | 2,16,075 | 87.33 | 0.62 | ||
| Majority | 14,066 | 6.51 | 3.87 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election,Niamot Sheikh ofTrinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir ofCongress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Niamot Sheikh | 71,502 | 37.77 | 6.09 | |
| INC | Alamgir Mir (Palash) | 66,499 | 35.13 | New | |
| CPI(M) | Insar Ali Biswas | 39,057 | 20.63 | 14.93 | |
| BJP | Tulsi Prasad Sukul | 5,394 | 2.85 | 0.05 | |
| SUCI(C) | Golam Mostafa | 2,804 | 1.48 | New | |
| IUML | Asgar Ali Sheikh | 1,382 | 0.73 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,159 | 0.61 | New | |
| Majority | 5,003 | 2.64 | 1.24 | ||
| Turnout | 1,89,291 | 86.71 | 3.58 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 5.05 | |||
In the 2011 election, Insar Ali Biswas ofCPI(M) defeated his nearest rivalNiamot Sheikh ofTrinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Insar Ali Biswas | 58,293 | 35.56 | −9.58 | |
| AITC | Niamot Sheikh | 51,935 | 31.68 | −14.63# | |
| Independent/Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury supported | Alamgir Mir (Palash) | 44,982 | 27.44 | ||
| BJP | Bishnu Charan Sikdar | 4,583 | 2.80 | ||
| SDPI | Masudul Islam | 1,929 | |||
| Independent | Sufal Haldar | 1,351 | |||
| MLKSC | Sattar Sekh | 846 | |||
| Turnout | 163,919 | 90.37 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | +5.05# | |||
Alamgir Mir, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate, supported by the Baharampur MP,Adhir Chowdhury.[4][5]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
In the2006 state assembly elections[6] Insar Ali Biswas ofCPI(M) won the Hariharpara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Niamot Sheikh ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Niamot Sheikh, Independent, defeated Nizamuddin of CPI(M) in 2001.[7] Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) defeated Mannan Hossain of Congress in 1996,[8] Khaanarul Hossain of Congress in 1991,[9] and Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress in 1987.[10] Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1982[11] and Abu Raihan Biswas ofSUC in 1977.[12][13]
Abu Raihan Biswas of SUC won in 1972.[14] Aftabuddin Ahmed, Independent, won in 1971.[15] Aftabuddin Ahmed of Progressive Muslim League won in 1969.[16] S.Ahmed of Congress won in 1967.[17] Abdul Latif of Congress won in1962.[18] Haji A. Hameed of Congress won in1957[19] and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[20]
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