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|name = Hariharpara 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|24|02|N|88|27|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 73
|subdivision_type4 = Type [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name4 = Open [[First past the post system|First past the post]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|11. Murshidabad]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 181,557 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> 218,299 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> 247,421 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
|government_type =
|governing_body =
|leader_title = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
|leader_name = [[Niamot Sheikh]]
|leader_title1 = Party
|leader_name1 = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
}}

'''Hariharpara Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] Hariharpara [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency covers [[Hariharpara (community development block)|Hariharpara]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Chhaighari and Madanpur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Berhampore (community development block)|Berhampore]] 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 | access-date = 13 July 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

This constituency is part of No. 11 [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name="delimitation" />

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Hariharpara||Haji A. Hameed||[[Indian National Congress]]<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Haji A. Hameed||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>||
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Abdul Latif||Indian National Congress <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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||S.Ahmed||Indian National Congress <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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Aftabuddin Ahmed||[[Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal)|Progressive Muslim League]]<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Aftabuddin Ahmed||Independent<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||[[Abu Raihan Biswas]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Shaikh Imajuddin||Indian National 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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Shaikh Imajuddin||Indian National 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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Mozammel Haque||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Mozammel Haque||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Mozammel Haque||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Niamot Sheikh||Independent<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Insar Ali Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Insar Ali Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Niamot Sheikh]]||All India Trinamool Congress)<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|}

== Notable Person ==

* [[Niamot Sheikh]](Current M.L.A) of Hariharpara.
*

==Election results==

===2021===
In the 2021 election, [[Niamot Sheikh]] of [[Trinamool Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Hariharpara constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Niamot Sheikh]]
|votes = 102,660
|percentage = 47.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Alamgir Mir (Palash)
|votes = 88,594
|percentage = 41.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tanmoy Biswas
|votes = 18,378
|percentage = 8.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Golam Ambia
|votes = 1,725
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,117
|percentage = 0.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rafikul Islam
|votes = 1,079
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sahabur Rahaman Khan
|votes = 994
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mintu Haldar
|votes = 674
|percentage = 0.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Abubakkar Mandal
|votes = 267
|percentage = 0.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alamgir Mondal
|votes = 231
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Wahed Ansary
|votes = 202
|percentage = 0.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Indrajit Bagdi
|votes = 154
|percentage = 0.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 216,075
|percentage = 87.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, [[Niamot Sheikh]] of [[Trinamool Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Alamgir Mir of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Hariharpara constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Niamot Sheikh]]
|votes = 71,502
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Alamgir Mir (Palash)
|votes = 66,499
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Insar Ali Biswas
|votes = 39,057
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tulsi Prasad Sukul
|votes = 5,394
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Golam Mostafa
|votes = 2,804
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = Asgar Ali Sheikh
|votes = 1,382
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|Munibasi Party of India]]
|candidate = Md Murtaj Ali
|votes = 720
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Nurul Amin Sk
|votes = 520
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Alamgir Ali Mondal
|votes = 254
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,88,132
|percentage = 87.1%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +5.05#
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Insar Ali Biswas of [[CPI(M)]] defeated his nearest rival [[Niamot Sheikh]] of [[Trinamool Congress]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Hariharpara constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=73|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Hariharpara| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Insar Ali Biswas
|votes = 58,293
|percentage = 35.56
|change = -9.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Niamot Sheikh]]
|votes = 51,935
|percentage = 31.68
|change = -14.63#
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent/[[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]] supported
|candidate = Alamgir Mir (Palash)
|votes = 44,982
|percentage = 27.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bishnu Charan Sikdar
|votes = 4,583
|percentage = 2.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Masudul Islam
|votes = 1,929
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sufal Haldar
|votes = 1,351
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
|candidate = Sattar Sekh
|votes = 846
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 163,919
|percentage = 90.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +5.05#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Alamgir Mir, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate, supported by the Baharampur MP, [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury|Adhir Chowdhury]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=16-04-2011&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Kolkata&edname=&articleid=Ar00200&publabel=TOI|title = Mamata attacks Adhir in his stronghold | publisher = The Times of India, 16 April 2011 |access-date = 1 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060409/asp/bengal/story_6076669.asp |title = Adhir launches rebel campaign| publisher = The Telegraph, 9 April 2006 |access-date = 23 April 2011}}</ref>

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Insar Ali Biswas of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Hariharpara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Niamot Sheikh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Niamot Sheikh, Independent, defeated Nizamuddin of CPI(M) in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) defeated Mannan Hossain of Congress in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Khaanarul Hossain of Congress in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Shaikh Imajuddin of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Abu Raihan Biswas of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUC]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp62.htm | title = 62 - Hariharpara Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
[[Abu Raihan Biswas]] of SUC won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Aftabuddin Ahmed, Independent, won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Aftabuddin Ahmed of Progressive Muslim League won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> S.Ahmed of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Abdul Latif of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Haji A. Hameed of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Murshidabad district]]

Hariharpara Assembly constituency - Revision history

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