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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake census town|Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur|2 its namesake community development block|Itahar}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Itahar
| 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/Itahar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Itahar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Mosaraf Hussen]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
| constituency_no = 36
| established = 1951
| electors = 229,362
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Itahar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur 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]], No. 36 Itahar Assembly constituency covers [[Itahar (Community development block)|Itahar]] [[Community Development Block in India|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 = 2009-08-29 | publisher = Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

Itahar Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 [[Balurghat (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
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Banamali Das
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Basanta Lal Chatterjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|rowspan="7"|Dr. Zainal Abedin
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Swadesh Chaki
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|Dr. Zainal Abedin
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|Amal Acharjee
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Mosaraf Hussen
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Itahar}}
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|candidate = [[Mosaraf Hussen]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sabita Barman
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Utpal Das
|party = Communist Party of India
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Amal Acharya
|party = Indian National Congress
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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}}

===2021===
In the 2021 elections, [[Mosaraf Hussen]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival Amit Kumar Kundu of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Mosaraf Hussen]]
|votes = 114,645
|percentage = 59.10
|change = +6.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Amit Kumar Kundu|votes=70,670|percentage=36.43|change=+32.22}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[Srikumar Mukherjee]]|votes=4,908|percentage=2.53|change=-38.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,240|percentage=0.64|change=-0.39}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mojammel Haque
|votes = 1,024
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|candidate=Mofakkerul Islam|votes=831|percentage=0.43|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Firoj Alam
|votes = 346
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tufan Barman
|votes = 189
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Barman
|votes = 133
|percentage = 0.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=193,986|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, [[Amal Acharjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival [[Srikumar Mukherjee]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Itahar constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amal Acharjee]]
|votes = 88,507
|percentage = 52.26
|change = +8.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|votes = 69,387
|percentage = 40.97
|change = +2.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Yunish Hoque
|votes = 7,126
|percentage = 4.21
|change = +2.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,743
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Hopna Murmu
|votes = 1,576
|percentage = 0.93
|change = +0.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jainal Abedin
|votes = 1,008
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 169,347
|percentage = 83.74
|change = -1.81
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, [[Amal Acharjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival [[Srikumar Mukherjee]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Itahar 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=36| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011| work = Itahar| publisher = Empowering India| access-date = 21 April 2011| archive-date = 16 June 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616105243/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=36| url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amal Acharjee]]
|votes = 61,707
|percentage = 43.95
|change = +31.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|votes = 54,655
|percentage = 38.93
|change = -5.02
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Rakbul Boksh
|votes = 16,803
|percentage = 11.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Suman Kumar Acharjee
|votes = 2,794
|percentage = 1.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manik Chandra Sarkar
|votes = 2,222
|percentage = 1.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Hopna Murmu
|votes = 889
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Abdur Razaqque
|votes = 679
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Suleman Hafiji
|votes = 653
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes = 140,402
|percentage = 85.55
|change = +0.03
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing = -1.93#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

.# Md. Rakbul Boksh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, he was suspended from the party.

===2006===
In the 2006 election, Srikumar Mukherjee of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] defeated Amal Acharjee of [[Indian National Congress|INC]]

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Itahar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=36| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006| work = Itahar| publisher = Empowering India| access-date = 20 April 2006| archive-date = 16 June 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616105243/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=36| url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|votes = 66,768
|percentage = 43.95
|change = -6.17#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Amal Acharjee
|votes = 66,028
|percentage = 38.93
|change = -8.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dr. Zainal Abedin
|votes = 6,581
|percentage = 11.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Jayanta Sarkar
|votes = 1,999
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Suleman Hafiji
|votes = 1,370
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Ujjwal Kumar Ray
|votes = 1151
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party of India
|candidate = Shovan Lal Mitra
|votes = 660
|percentage =
|change =

}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 140,402
|percentage = 85.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = 1.98#
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections [[Srikumar Mukherjee]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the 36 Itahar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amal Acharjee of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 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=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Dr. Zainal Abedin of [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] in 2001<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Dr. Zainal Abedin representing 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress in 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Dr. Zainal Abedin of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]]/Congress defeated Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref> and Salil Kumar Guha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp34.htm | title = 34 - Itahar Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress won in 1972,<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> 1971,<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> 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=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> 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=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and [[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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Banamali Das of Congress won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Itahar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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