Nalhati Assembly constituency

Nalhati
Constituency No. 293 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Nalhati Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBirbhum
Lok Sabha constituencyBirbhum
Established1951
Total electors176,536
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2026

Nalhati Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 293 Nalhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nalhati I CD Block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block.[1]

Nalhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1951 Mohammad Yeakub Hossain Indian National Congress
1957 Mohammad Yeakub Hossain
Sisir Kumar Saha
1962 Shiromani Prasad
1967 Golam Mohiuddin Independent politician
1969
1971
1972
1977 Bhabani Prasad Chattopadhyay All India Forward Bloc
1982 Sachidanandan Sau
1987 Brindaban Saha
1991 Sattick Kumar Roy
1996 Kalimuddin Shams
2001
2006 Dipak Chatterjee
2011 Abhijit Mukherjee Indian National Congress
2013^ Dipak Chatterjee All India Forward Bloc
2016 Moinuddin Shams Trinamool Congress
2021 Rajendra Prasad Singh
2026
  • ^ by-election

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nalhati[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rajendra Prasad Singh 87,744 39.43 Decrease17.11
BJP Anil Kumar Singh 74,298 33.39 Increase4.24
INC Abdul Karim 44,991 20.22
AIMIM Ansar Sekh 7,367 3.31
AIFB Dipak Chatterjee 4,415 1.98 Decrease8.29
NOTA None of the above 1,533 0.69 Decrease0.22
Majority 13,446 6.04 Decrease21.35
Turnout 222,519 95.89 Increase11.06
AITC hold Swing

2021

In the 2021 elections, Rajendra Prasad Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Tapas Kumar Yadav of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Nalhati[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rajendra Prasad Singh 117,438 56.54
BJP Tapas Kumar Yadav 60,533 29.15
AIFB Dipak Chatterjee 21,328 10.27
NOTA None of the above 1,900 0.91
Majority 56,905 27.39
Turnout 207,696 84.83
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Moinuddin Shams of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Nalhati
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Moinuddin Shams 83,412 45.33 +17.28
AIFB Dipak Chatterjee 73,084 39.71 +6.72
BJP Anil Singh 19,046 10.35 +3.07
BSP Dinabandhu Mondal 4,053 2.20
SUCI(C) Abdus Salam 1,885 1.02
NOTA None of the above 1,563 0.85
Independent Sukanta Ghosh 979 0.53
Turnout 184,022 84.92 −0.84
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

2013 bypoll

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA Abhijit Mukherjee to the Lok Sabha from Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

By-election, 2013: Nalhati[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Dipak Chatterjee 55,341 32.99 −5.96
INC Abdur Rahaman 47,595 28.38 −20.27
AITC Biplab Kumar Ojha 47,041 28.05 +28.05
BJP Anil Singh 12,219 7.28 +0.46
AIUDF Md. Noorul Hoda 1,953 1.16
Independent Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay 1,368
JP Nurul Islam 1,227
Independent Kaosar Sekh 957
Majority 7,746 4.61
Turnout 167,701 85.76
AIFB gain from INC Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Abhijit Mukherjee (son of Pranab Mukherjee) of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nalhati[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abhijit Mukherjee 76,047 48.65 +3.22#
AIFB Dipak Chatterjee 60,887 38.95 −11.49
BJP Anil Singh 10,656 6.82
BSP Bikash Mondal 2,717 1.74
Independent Rudra Deb Ghosh 1,516
Independent Ajrail Md. 1,258
SUCI Rafiqul Hasan 1,123
Independent Prabhat Kumar Mondal 912
Turnout 156,329 88.55
INC gain from AIFB Swing +14.71#

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

2006

In the 2006 assembly state assembly elections, Dipak Chatterjee of Forward Bloc won the Nalhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Walee Mollah of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996 Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc defeated Sharif Hossain of Congress. Sattick Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madan Mohan Mandal of BJP in 1991, Brindaban Saha of Congress in 1987 and Sachidanandan Sau of Congress in 1982. Bhabani Prasad Chattopadhyay of Forward Bloc defeated Abhoy Charan Das of Congress in 1977.[7]

1972

Golam Mohiuddin, Independent, won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Shiromani Prasad of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Nalhati was a joint seat. Mohammad Yeakub Hossain and Sisir Kumar Saha, both of Congress, won from Nalhati. In independent India's first election in 1951 Mohammad Yeakub Hossain of Congress won.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Annexure XV Return of Election" (PDF). 293 Nalhati constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Nalhati". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "293 – Nalhati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.