| Haroa | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 121 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Haroa Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Basirhat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 186,578 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Haroa Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, 121 Haroa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashangram panchayats ofBarasat IIcommunity development block, Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats ofDeganga community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats ofHaroa community development block.[1]
Haroa Assembly constituency is part of 18.Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951[2] | Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar | Indian National Congress | |
| Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1957[3] | Jehangir Kabir | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962[4] | |||
| 1967[5] | Gangadhar Pramanick | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969[6] | Brajendra Nath Sarkar | ||
| 1971[7] | Gangadhar Pramanick | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972[8] | |||
| 1977[9] | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982[10] | |||
| 1987[11] | |||
| 1991[12] | |||
| 1996[13] | |||
| 2001[14] | |||
| 2006[15] | Ashim Kumar Das | ||
| 2011[16] | Julfiquer Ali Molla | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Haji Nurul Islam | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2024 By-election | Sheikh Rabiul Islam | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sheikh Rabiul Islam | 157,072 | 76.63 | ||
| ISF | Piyarul Islam | 41,184 | 20.53 | ||
| BJP | Bimal Das | 13,570 | 0.62 | ||
| INC | Habib Reza Chowdhury | 265 | 0.001 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,027 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 115,188 | 55% | |||
| Turnout | 201,118 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Haji Nurul Islam | 130,398 | 57.34 | +1.01 | |
| ISF | Kutubuddin Fathe | 49,420 | 21.73 | New | |
| BJP | Rajendra Saha (Somu) | 38,506 | 16.93 | +11.41 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,930 | 1.29 | −0.08 | |
| Independent | Md. Kutubuddin | 2,484 | 1.09 | ||
| United Socialist Party | Akher Ali Molla | 2,401 | 1.06 | ||
| Justice and Development Party | Abul Kalam | 1,256 | 0.55 | ||
| Turnout | 227,395 | 87.73 | +0.95 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Haji Nurul Islam | 113,001 | 56.33 | +10.63 | |
| CPI(M) | Imtiaz Hossain | 70,594 | 35.19 | −9.84 | |
| BJP | Manmatha Bachar | 11,078 | 5.52 | +1.10 | |
| BSP | Md. Nazrul Islam | 3,208 | 1.60 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,741 | 1.37 | ||
| Turnout | 200,622 | 86.78 | +3.09 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 16.64# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[15] Asim Kumar Das ofCPI(M) won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal ofTrinamool 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 ofCongress 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 ofJanata Party in 1977.[9][20]
Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Brajendra Nath Sarkar ofBangla Congress won in 1969.[6] Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in1962[4] and1957.[3] Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal ofCPI won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.[2]