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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Harishchandrapur
| 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/Harishchandrapur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Tajmul Hossain]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]
| constituency_no = 46
| established = 1951
| electors = 252,487
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

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

==Overview==
As per the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 46 Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency covers [[Harishchandrapur II (Community development block)|Harishchandrapur II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] (CDB) and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Harishchandrapur I (Community development block)|Harischandrapur I]] CDB.<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 = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2| Party
|-
| [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Ram Hari Roy
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| [[Md. Elias Razi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Birendra Kumar Moitra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Md. Elias Razi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| {{Full party name with color|Workers Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Goutam Chakravarty
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Birendra Kumar Moitra
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| [[Abdul Wahed]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="3" | Birendra Kumar Moitra
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| [[Mostaque Alam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Tajmul Hossain]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| [[Mostaque Alam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Tajmul Hossain]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Harishchandrapur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Md Matibur Rahaman|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ratan Das|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Khalil Sekh|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Mostaque Alam|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 =
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tajmul Hossain
|votes = 122,527
|percentage = 60.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Md. Matiur Rahaman
|votes = 45,054
|percentage = 22.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mostaque Alam]]
|votes = 29,396
|percentage = 14.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party =
|candidate = Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)
|votes = ~6,000
|percentage = 2.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 77,473
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Indian National Congress
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Harishchandrapur constituency }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Alam Mostaque
|votes = 95075
|percentage = 55.39
|change =

}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tajmul Hossain
|votes = 42190
|percentage = 24.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanvarlal Kedia
|votes = 25889
|percentage = 15.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 17857
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Tajamul Hossain of AIFB defeated his nearest rival [[Mostaque Alam]] of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Harishchandrapur 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=46 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Harishchandrapur |publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011 |archive-date = 9 June 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130609120828/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=46 |url-status = usurped }}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Tajmul Hossain
|votes = 62,019
|percentage = 46.19
|change = -0.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mostaque Alam]]
|votes = 59,578
|percentage = 44.37
|change = -0.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rina Saha
|votes = 6,033
|percentage = 4.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Efrajul Hoque
|votes = 3,876
|percentage = 2.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Monowara Begam
|votes = 1,815
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Gouri Sankar Kedia
|votes = 942
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 134,263
|percentage = 83.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = +0.32
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Tajmul Hossain of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won the Harishchandrapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival [[Mostaque Alam]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Mostaque Alam]] of Congress defeated Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc in 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc defeated [[Mostaque Alam]] of Congress 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and Abdul Wahed of 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 = 9 July 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Abdul Wahed of Congress defeated Subhash Chaudhury of Forward Bloc 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Birendra Kumar Maitra of [[Janata Party]] defeated Mohammad Elias Razi of [[Workers Party of India|WPI]] 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp42.htm | title = 42 - Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Goutam Chakravarty 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Md. Elias Razi of WPI/ Independent 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 = 9 July 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 = 9 July 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Birendra Kumar Maitra 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Md. Elias Razi contesting as an independent candidate won in [[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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Ramhari Roy of Congress won the Harishchandrapur seat.<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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