Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nalhati
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Nalhati Nalhati Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 24°18′N 87°49′E / 24.300°N 87.817°ECoordinates: 24°18′N 87°49′E / 24.300°N 87.817°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	293
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Birbhum
Electorate (year)	176,536 (2011)

Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nalhati I community development block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II community development block.^[1]

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

Election results

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA Abhijit Mukherjee to the Lok Sabha from Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

West Bengal state assembly bye-election, 2013: Nalhati^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Forward Bloc	Dipak Chatterjee	55,341	32.99	-5.96
	INC	Abdur Rahaman	47,595	28.38	-20.27
	Trinamool Congress	Biplab Kumar Ojha	47,041	28.05	+28.05
	BJP	Anil Singha	12,219	7.28	+0.46
	AIUDF	Md. Noorul Hoda	1953	1.16
	Independent	Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay	1368
	Janata Party	Nurul Islam	1227
	Independent	Kaosar Sekh	957
Turnout			167701
	Forward Bloc 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 ^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Abhijit Mukherjee	76,047	48.65	+3.22#
	Forward Bloc	Dipak Chatterjee	60,887	38.95	-11.49
	BJP	Anil Singha	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 Forward Bloc		Swing	+14.71#

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	6	5
Indian National Congress	2	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	4
Forward Bloc	1	2
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

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.^[8]

1951–1972

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.^[9]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
2. "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
3. "Annexure XV Return of Election" (PDF). 293 Nalhati constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
4. "Nomination status in Naihati Bye election 2013". Nalhati Bye-election 2013. Official website of Birbhum district. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
5. "Nalhati". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nalhati. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Nalhati. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
8. "293 – Nalhati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
9. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.