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{{Short description|State-level election constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Habra
| 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/Habra.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Habra Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Debdas Mondal]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| preceded_by = [[Jyotipriya Mallick]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barasat]]
| constituency_no = 100
| established = 1951
| electors = 242,425
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| abolished =
}}

'''Habra Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{Pie chart
| value1 = 33.35
| value2 = 33.35
| value3 = 22.2
| value4 = 5.55
| value5 = 5.55
| label1 = [[Indian National Congress]] (6 times)
| label2 = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (6 times)
| label3 = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (4 time)
| label4 = [[Bangla Congress]] (1 time)
| label5= [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1 time)
| color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| color2 = {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| color3 = {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|color4 = {{party color|Bangla Congress}}
|color5 = {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}
| caption = Most Successful parties from Habra assembly
}}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 100 Habra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Habra]] municipality, and Kumra, Pritibha, Rautara and [[Maslandapur|Machhalandpur]] II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Habra I (Community development block)|Habra I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<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= 15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Habra Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
| [[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| rowspan="3"|Tarun Kanti Ghose
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| J.P. Mukherjee
| {{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="3"|Tarun Kanti Ghosh
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2"|Nirode Roy Choudhury
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=5}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="2"|Kamal Sengupta (Bose)
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| Baren Basu
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| Tapati Datta
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| P K Bhattacharya
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Jyotipriya Mallick]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| [[Debdas Mondal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Habra}}[[Jyotipriya Mallick]] was released on bail in January 2025 after spending approximately 14 to 15 months in jail following his October 27, 2023, arrest by the [[Enforcement Directorate]] (ED) regarding a multi-crore ration distribution scam.
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Debdas Mondal]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=104,645|percentage=52.65|change={{Increase}}10.18}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Jyotipriya Mallick]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=73,183|percentage=36.82|change={{Decrease}}7.53}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rijinandan Biswas|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=15,237|percentage=7.67|change={{Decrease}}3.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Pronob Bhattacharya|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,145|percentage=0.58|change={{New}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kamalendu Bala|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=540|percentage=0.27|change={{Decrease}}0.33}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Asik Raj Mondal|party=All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|votes=306|percentage=0.15|change={{New}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=988|percentage=0.5|change={{Decrease}}0.13}}
{{Election box majority||votes=31,462|percentage=15.83|change={{Increase}}13.95}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=198,737|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Habra}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Jyotipriya Mallick]]
|votes = 90,533
|percentage =44.35
|change =-9.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Rahul Sinha (politician)|Rahul Sinha]]|votes=86,692|percentage=42.47|change=+30.19}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Rijinandan Biswas|votes=21,994|percentage=10.78|change=-18.97}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,290|percentage=0.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Santosh Biswas|votes=1,125|percentage=0.6|change=-0.13}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,841|percentage=1.88|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=204,736|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Habra constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Jyotipriya Mallick]]
|votes = 101,590
|percentage = 54.31
|change = -0.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ashis Kantha Mukherjee
|votes = 55,643
|percentage = 29.75
|change = -9.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Govindo Das
|votes = 22,967
|percentage = 12.28
|change = +8.74
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = SUCI
|candidate = Tushar Ghosh
|votes = 2,033
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kamalendu Bala
|votes = 1,359
|percentage = 0.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 187,056
|percentage = 85.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Jyotipriya Mallick of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pranab Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Habra constituency<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=100|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Habra|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 24 April 2011|archive-date = 27 March 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191611/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=100|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Jyotipriya Mallick]]
|votes = 86,218
|percentage = 55.00
|change = +4.87#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pranab Bhattacharya
|votes = 60,826
|percentage = 38.80
|change = -7.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Utpal Kumar Paul
|votes = 5,543
|percentage = 3.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kamalendu Bala
|votes = 2,001
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Satyen Roy
|votes = 1,288
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Amar Krishna Manadal
|votes = 877
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 156,753
|percentage = 87.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 11.67#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 Assembly elections]],<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> P K Bhattacharyya of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Habra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapati Dutta of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], who won the 2001 election<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> defeating [[Amitava Nandy]] of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996, Baren Basu of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid Mandal of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> 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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Kamal Sengupta (Bose) of CPI (M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress. In 1982 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress.<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> In 1977 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Krishnadas Chattopadhyay of Congress.<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp87.htm |title =87 - Habra Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Tarun Kanti Ghose of Congress 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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> 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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> J.P.Mukherjee of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Tarun Kanti Ghose won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref>[[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<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 = 13 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Habra Assembly constituency - Revision history

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