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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Haroa
| 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/Haroa.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Haroa Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Mufti Muhammad Abdul Matin
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| constituency_no = 121
| established = 1951
| electors = 186,578
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Haroa 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]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], 121 Haroa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashan [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Barasat II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats of [[Deganga]] community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats of [[Haroa (community development block)|Haroa]] 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>

Haroa Assembly constituency is part of 18. [[Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency|Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Election
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<ref name="vidhansabha1952">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |access-date=8 September 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Jehangir Kabir]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |access-date=8 September 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Gangadhar Pramanick
|{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |access-date=8 September 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>||Brajendra Nath Sarkar
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|Gangadhar Pramanick
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|rowspan=6|Kshiti Ranjan Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |access-date=8 September 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Ashim Kumar Das
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf |access-date=8 September 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Julfiquer Ali Molla
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|rowspan=2|[[Haji Nurul Islam]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|2024 By-election || [[Sheikh Rabiul Islam]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Mufti Muhammad Abdul Matin
|}

== Election results ==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Haroa}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mufti Muhammad Abdul Matin
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Bhaskar Mondal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Piyarul Islam
|party = Indian Secular Front
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Md. Rabiul Mollah
|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sk. MD Sahid
|party = Janata Unnayan Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box end}}

===2024 by-election===
{{Election box begin
| title=[[2024 elections in India#West_Bengal|2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election]]: Haroa<ref name="West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress sweeps bypolls in six Assembly seats">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress sweeps bypolls in six Assembly seats |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-trinamool-congress-dominates-retains-4-seats-wrests-one-from-bjp/article68901894.ece |access-date=23 November 2024 |date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123144039/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-trinamool-congress-dominates-retains-4-seats-wrests-one-from-bjp/article68901894.ece |archive-date=23 November 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Haroa Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result">{{cite news |title=Haroa Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2024/candidateswise-S25121.htm |accessdate=25 July 2025 |work= |publisher=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]] |date=24 November 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250725145317/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2024/candidateswise-S25121.htm|archivedate=25 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sheikh Rabiul Islam
|votes = 1,57,072
|percentage = 76.63
|change = {{increase}}19.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Secular Front|candidate=Piyarul Islam|votes=41,184|percentage=20.53|change={{increase}}1.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Bimal Das|votes=13,570|percentage=6.62|change={{decrease}}9.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Habib Reza Chowdhury|party=Indian National Congress|votes=3,765|percentage=1.84|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,027|percentage=0.5|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=115,188|percentage=55%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=201,118|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Haroa}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Haji Nurul Islam]]
|votes = 130,398
|percentage = 57.34
|change = +1.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Kutubuddin Fathe
|votes = 49,420
|percentage = 21.73
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rajendra Saha
|votes = 38,506
|percentage = 16.93
|change = +11.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,930
|percentage = 1.29
|change = -0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mohammad Kutubuddin
|votes = 2,484
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = USP
|candidate = Akher Ali Molla
|votes = 2,401
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = JDP
|candidate = Abul Kalam
|votes = 1,256
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,27,395
|percentage = 87.73
|change = +0.95
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Haroa constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Haji Nurul Islam]]
|votes = 113,001
|percentage = 56.33
|change = +10.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Imtiaz Hossain
|votes = 70,594
|percentage = 35.19
|change = -9.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Manmatha Bachar
|votes = 11,078
|percentage = 5.52
|change = +1.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Md. Nazrul Islam
|votes = 3,208
|percentage = 1.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,741
|percentage = 1.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 200,622
|percentage = 86.78
|change = +3.09
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Haroa constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=121| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011| work = Haroa| publisher = Empowering India| access-date = 24 April 2011| archive-date = 13 May 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170044/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=121| url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Julfiquer Ali Molla
|votes = 76,627
|percentage = 45.70
|change = +5.84#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Imtiaz Hossain
|votes = 75,503
|percentage = 45.03
|change = -10.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Subodh Kumar Chakraborty
|votes = 7,409
|percentage = 4.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = PDCI
|candidate = Wallur Rahman
|votes = 3,910
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Golam Faruque Mollah
|votes = 2,401
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Dilip Bairagi
|votes = 1,828
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 167,678
|percentage = 89.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 16.64#
}}
{{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 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Asim Kumar Das of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kshiti Ranjan Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmikanta Mondal of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Kumud Ranjan Roy of Congress in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Brajendra Nath Sarkar of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp97.htm |title =97 – Haroa (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Brajendra Nath Sarkar of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==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]]

Haroa Assembly constituency - Revision history

TheronShifflett at 06:47, 5 May 2026