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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Haringhata
| 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/Haringhata.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Haringhata Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]]
| constituency_no = 93
| established = 1957
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Asim Kumar Sarkar|Ashim Kumar Sarkar]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| electors = 240,606
}}

'''Haringhata Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 93 Haringhata Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Haringhata]] municipality, [[Haringhata (Community development block)|Haringhata]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Dewli and Hingara [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Chakdaha (Community development block)|Chakdaha]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Haringhata Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of the [[Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 1 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Smarajit Bandopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|Promatha Ranjan Thakur
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Narendra Nath Sarkar
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="2"|Mohammad Karim Baksh
|{{Full party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Nani Gopal Malakar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="4"|Nani Gopal Malakar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7}}
|-
|[[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]]
|Mili Hira
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Bankim Chandra Ghosh]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Nilima Nag|Nilima Nag (Mallick)]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Asim Kumar Sarkar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|2026
|[[Asim Kumar Sarkar]]
|
|{{Party shortname linked|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Haringhata}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Rajib Biswas|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Ashim Kumar Sarkar]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Swapan Sarkar|party=CPI(M)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Himanti Das|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Haringhata (SC) 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021|work = Haringhata|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 20 April 2021|archive-date = 27 March 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191243/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashim Kumar Sarkar]]
|votes = 97,666
|percentage = 46.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nilima Nag (Mallick)
|votes = 82,466
|percentage = 39.11
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Alakesh Das
|votes = 24,800
|percentage = 11.76
|change =
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = BJP
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Dr. Biswajit Paul of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Haringhata (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Haringhata|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 20 April 2011|archive-date = 27 March 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191243/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nilima Nag (Mallick)
|votes = 83,366
|percentage = 49.45
|change = +6.76#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dr. Biswajit Paul
|votes = 70,363
|percentage = 41.74
|change = -10.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Binay Krishna Biswas
|votes = 8,780
|percentage = 5.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Shyam Prasad Mondal
|votes = 3,810
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bidyut Mallick
|votes = 2,261
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 168,580
|percentage = 89.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +16.92#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Bankim Chandra Ghosh of [[CPIM]] won the seat.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Haringhata (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Haringhata|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 20 April 2011|archive-date = 27 March 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191243/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Bankim Chandra Ghosh
|votes = 95,524
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dipak Basu
|votes = 68,058
}}

{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 2001 state assembly elections,<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Bankim Chandra Ghosh of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Haringhata assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Dipak Basu and Saradindu Biswas (both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]) in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Mili Hira of CPI (M) defeated Ratna Ghosh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI (M) defeated Pratap Roy of Congress, Dilip Roy of Congress, Phani Bhusan Das of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] and Manas Kumar Ganguly of Congress in the respective years.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp83.htm |title = 83 - Haringhata Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>

===1957-1972===
Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Mohammad Karim Baksh, Independent, won in 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 = 2 August 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, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Narendra Nath Sarkar of Congress 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] Haringhata was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Smarajit Bandopadhyay and Promatha Ranjan Thakur, both of Congress, 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> The Haringhata seat was not there in 1951.

==References==
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