| Hemtabad | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Loksabha Cons: | Raiganj |
| Constituency No: | 33 |
| Established: | 2011 |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Mla: | Satyajit Barman |
| Party: | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| Electors: | 265,318 |
Hemtabad is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad Assembly constituency (SC) covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.[1]
Hemtabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemtabad constituency created - 2011 | |||
| 2011 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2016 | Debendra Nath Roy | ||
| 2021 | Satyajit Barman | Trinamool Congress | |
In the 2021 election, Satyajit Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Chandima Roy of BJP.
In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress.
Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP.
In the 2011 election, Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.
The Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for the rebel Congress candidate contesting from Hemtabad as an independent candidate, Chittaranjan Roy, who was suspended from the Congress Party.[2]