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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Diamond Harbour
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Diamond Harbour.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Pannalal Halder]]
| party = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}+
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency|Diamond Harbour]]
| constituency_no = 143
| established = 1951
| electors = 2,54,964
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]].

== Overview ==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* [[Diamond Harbour]] municipality
* Basuldanga, Bolsiddhi Kalinagar, Derak, Harindanga, Kanpur Dhanaberia, Mashat and Parulia gram panchayats of [[Diamond Harbour I]] community development block
* Kamarpole, Khorda, Mathur, Nurpur, Patra and Sarisa gram panchayats of [[Diamond Harbour II]] community development block

Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|[[Charu Chandra Bhandari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Ramanuj Halder
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Jagadish Chandra Halder
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Abdul Quiyom Molla]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Daulat Ali Sheikh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Abdul Quiyom Molla]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Sheikh Daulat Ali
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|Rishi Halder
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Dipak Kumar Halder]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pannalal Halder]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Diamond Harbour}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Pannalal Halder]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=119,320{{formatnum:}}|percentage=51.38%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Dipak Kumar Halder]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=88,054{{formatnum:}}|percentage=37.92%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Samarendra Nath Naiya|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=17,594{{formatnum:}}|percentage=7.58%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Goutam Bhattacharya|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,756{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.76%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Yeamin Laskar|party=Janata Unnayan Party|votes=373{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.16%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bikash Chandra Mondal|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=1103{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.47%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,379{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.59%|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=31,266{{formatnum:}}|percentage=13.46%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=232,238{{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Diamond Harbour}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Pannalal Halder]]
|votes = 98,478
|percentage = 43.69
|change = {{down}}4.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Dipak Kumar Halder]]
|votes = 81,482
|percentage = 36.15
|change = {{up}}28.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pratik Ur Rahaman
|votes = 38,719
|percentage = 17.18
|change = {{down}}23.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Saifullah Khan
|votes = 1,585
|percentage = 0.7
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,449
|percentage = 0.64
|change = {{down}}0.45
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 16,996
|percentage = 7.54
|change = {{down}}0.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,25,397
|percentage = 88.37
|change = {{up}}0.28
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Diamond Harbour}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dipak Kumar Halder]]
|votes = 96,833
|percentage = 48.58
|change = {{down}}4.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Abul Hasnat (Magrahat Paschim politician)|Abul Hasnat]]
|votes = 81,796
|percentage = 41.03
|change = {{up}}0.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Balaram Halder
|votes = 14,614
|percentage = 7.33
|change = {{up}}4.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,109
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,037
|percentage = 7.55
|change = {{down}}5.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,99,346
|percentage = 88.09
|change = {{up}}2.79
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Diamond Harbour<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=143| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170927/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=143| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Diamond Harbour| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dipak Kumar Halder]]
|votes = 87,645
|percentage = 53.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Subhra Sau
|votes = 66,871
|percentage = 40.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Krishna Baidya
|votes = 4,946
|percentage = 3.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Mousumi Maitra
|votes = 2,951
|percentage = 1.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = IUC
|candidate = Mohammad Shamshut Touhid
|votes = 1,797
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,774
|percentage = 12.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,64,210
|percentage = 85.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Rishi Halder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals Subhashis Chakraborty of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] and Amjad Ali Sardar of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] respectively. Sheikh Daulat Ali of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] defeated [[Abdul Quiyom Molla]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> [[Abdul Quiyom Molla]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Nazrul Islam Molla of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Monoranjan Kayal of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Dibakar Ghosh of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and Sankari Prasad Mondal of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp119.htm |title = 119 - Diamond Harbour Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972===
Daulat Ali Sheikh of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> [[Abdul Quiyom Molla]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Jagadish Chandra Halder of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Ramanuj Halder of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Charu Chandra Bhandari of [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]] won in 1952.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Diamond Harbour, India]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

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