| Itahar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 36 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Itahar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Balurghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 229,362 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Itahar Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inUttar Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 36 Itahar Assembly constituency coversItaharcommunity development block.[1]
Itahar Assembly constituency is part of No. 6Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofRaiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Banamali Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Basanta Lal Chatterjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Dr. Zainal Abedin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | Indian Congress (Socialist) | ||
| 1987 | Swadesh Chaki | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | Dr. Zainal Abedin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Srikumar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Amal Acharjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Mosaraf Hussen | ||
In the 2021 elections,Mosaraf Hussen ofAITC defeated his nearest rival Amit Kumar Kundu ofBJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mosaraf Hussen | 114,645 | 59.10 | +6.84 | |
| BJP | Amit Kumar Kundu | 70,670 | 36.43 | +32.22 | |
| CPI | Srikumar Mukherjee | 4,908 | 2.53 | −38.44 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,240 | 0.64 | −0.39 | |
| Independent | Mojammel Haque | 1,024 | 0.53 | ||
| AIMIM | Mofakkerul Islam | 831 | 0.43 | ||
| Independent | Firoj Alam | 346 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Tufan Barman | 189 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Kumar Barman | 133 | 0.07 | ||
| Turnout | 193,986 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections,Amal Acharjee ofAITC defeated his nearest rivalSrikumar Mukherjee ofCPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Amal Acharjee | 88,507 | 52.26 | +8.31 | |
| CPI | Srikumar Mukherjee | 69,387 | 40.97 | +2.40 | |
| BJP | Yunish Hoque | 7,126 | 4.21 | +2.22 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,743 | 1.03 | ||
| JDP | Hopna Murmu | 1,576 | 0.93 | +0.30 | |
| BSP | Jainal Abedin | 1,008 | 0.60 | ||
| Turnout | 169,347 | 83.74 | −1.81 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections,Amal Acharjee ofAITC defeated his nearest rivalSrikumar Mukherjee ofCPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Amal Acharjee | 61,707 | 43.95 | +31.98 | |
| CPI | Srikumar Mukherjee | 54,655 | 38.93 | −5.02 | |
| Independent | Md. Rakbul Boksh | 16,803 | 11.97 | ||
| BJP | Suman Kumar Acharjee | 2,794 | 1.99 | ||
| Independent | Manik Chandra Sarkar | 2,222 | 1.58 | ||
| JDP | Hopna Murmu | 889 | 0.63 | ||
| IPFB | Abdur Razaqque | 679 | 0.48 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Suleman Hafiji | 653 | 0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 140,402 | 85.55 | +0.03 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI | Swing | -1.93# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
.# Md. Rakbul Boksh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, he was suspended from the party.
In the 2006 election, Srikumar Mukherjee ofCPI defeated Amal Acharjee ofINC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Srikumar Mukherjee | 66,768 | 43.95 | −6.17# | |
| INC | Amal Acharjee | 66,028 | 38.93 | −8.19 | |
| AITC | Dr. Zainal Abedin | 6,581 | 11.97 | ||
| LJP | Jayanta Sarkar | 1,999 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Suleman Hafiji | 1,370 | |||
| JDP | Ujjwal Kumar Ray | 1151 | |||
| RPI | Shovan Lal Mitra | 660 | |||
| Turnout | 140,402 | 85.58 | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | 1.98# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Srikumar Mukherjee ofCPI won the 36 Itahar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amal Acharjee ofCongress in 2006,[5] Dr. Zainal Abedin ofNCP in 2001[6] and Dr. Zainal Abedin representing Congress in 1996.[7] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI in 1991.[8] Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress in 1987.[9] Dr. Zainal Abedin ofICS/Congress defeated Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI in 1982[10] and Salil Kumar Guha ofCPI(M) in 1977.[11][12]
Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress won in 1972,[13] 1971,[14] 1969,[15] 1967[16] and1962.[17] Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI won in1957.[18] Banamali Das of Congress won in1951.[19]
