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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Hirapur<br />
| type= SLA<br />
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| mla = <br />
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| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]<br />
| constituency_no = 259<br />
| established = 1957<br />
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| reservation = None<br />
| abolished = 2011<br />
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'''Hirapur Assembly constituency''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
Hirapur assembly constituency was part of [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. The Delimitation Commission abolished Hirapur as an assembly constituency in 2011. The area is now covered under [[Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency]].<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><br />
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==Election results==<br />
===1977-2006===<br />
Amitava Mukhopadhyay of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Hirapur assembly seat in 2006, defeating his nearest rival Moloy Ghatak of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Moloy Ghatak of Trinamool Congress defeated Dilip Ghosh (Independent). In 1996, Shyamadas Banerjee of Congress defeated Mumtaz Hussein of [[Janata Dal]]. In 1991, Mumtaz Hussein of JD defeated Suhrid Basu Mallick of Congress. In 1987, Suhrid Basu Mallick of Congress defeated [[Bamapada Mukherjee]] of CPI (M). In 1982, [[Bamapada Mukherjee]] of CPI (M) defeated Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In 1977, [[Bamapada Mukherjee]] of CPI (M) defeated Santimoy Aich of Congress.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp259.htm | title = 259 - Hirapur Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29 }}</ref><br />
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===1957-1972===<br />
In 1972, [[Triptimoy Aich]] of Congress won the Hirapur seat. In 1971 and 1969, Bamapada Mukherjee of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Shibdas Ghatak of Congress won the seat. In 1962, Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In 1957, Taher Hossain (Independent) won the seat. Prior to that the Burnpur area was part of Asansol assembly constituency.<ref>Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, ''Asansol Parikrama'' (History of Asansol), {{in lang|bn}}, pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2011]]<br />
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