Haripal Assembly constituency explained

Haripal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 196 Haripal Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Haripal community development block and Balarambati, Basubati and Kamarkundu Gopalnagar, Daluigachha gram panchayats of Singur community development block.^[1]

Haripal Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1] It was earlier part of Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Haripal	Amalesh Chandra Mazumdar	Samyukta Socialist Party	[2]
1969		Amalesh Chandra Mazumdar	Samyukta Socialist Party[3]
1971		Chittaranjan Basu	Workers Party of India[4]
1972		Chittaranjan Basu	Workers Party of India[5]
1977		Balai Banerjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982		Balai Banerjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987		Balai Banerjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991		Kaliprasad Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996		Kaliprasad Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2001		Kaliprasad Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2006		Bharati Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011		Becharam Manna	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2016		Becharam Manna	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Karabi Manna	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections^[12] Bharati Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Haripal seat defeating Safiul Islam Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kaliprasad Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Samiran Mitra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001^[11] and Congress in 1996,^[10] and Tushar Sinha Roy of Congress in 1991.^[9] Balai Banerjee of CPI(M) defeated Tushar Sinha Roy of Congress in 1987^[8] and Chandrasekhar Banik representing ICS in 1982^[7] and Congress in 1977.^{[6] [14]}

1967-1972

Chittaranjan Basu of WPI won in 1972^[5] and 1971.^[4] Amalesh Chandra Mazumdar of SSP won in 1969 and 1967.^[2] Prior to that the Haripal seat did not exist.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 26 July 2015. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
2. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 6 February 2015.
11. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
12. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
13. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
14. Web site: 184 - Haripal Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 1 December 2010.