# Haringhata Assembly constituency

Haringhata is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 93 Haringhata Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Haringhata municipality, Haringhata community development block, and Dewli and Hingara gram panchayats of Chakdaha community development block.
Haringhata Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). It was earlier part of the Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Haringhata | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| | | Promatha Ranjan Thakur | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Narendra Nath Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Mohammad Karim Baksh | Independent |
| 1969 | | Mohammad Karim Baksh | Independent |
| 1971 | | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India |
| 1972 | | Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Mili Hira | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Nilima Nag (Mallick) | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Nilima Nag (Mallick) | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Asim Kumar Sarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Haringhata (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ashim Kumar Sarkar | 97,666 | 46.31 |
| | AITC | Nilima Nag (Mallick) | 82,466 | 39.11 |
| | CPI(M) | Alakesh Das | 24,800 | 11.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Dr. Biswajit Paul of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Haringhata (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nilima Nag (Mallick) | 83,366 | 49.45 | +6.76# |
| | CPI(M) | Dr. Biswajit Paul | 70,363 | 41.74 | −10.16 |
| | BJP | Binay Krishna Biswas | 8,780 | 5.21 | |
| | PDS | Shyam Prasad Mondal | 3,810 | | |
| | BSP | Bidyut Mallick | 2,261 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,580 | 89.89 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +16.92# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2006

In the 2006 election, Bankim Chandra Ghosh of CPIM won the seat.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Haringhata (SC) constituency :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| CPI(M) | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | 95,524 | |
| AITC | Dipak Basu | 68,058 | |
| CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} |

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Bankim Chandra Ghosh of CPI (M) won the Haringhata assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Dipak Basu and Saradindu Biswas (both of Trinamool Congress) in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996, Mili Hira of CPI (M) defeated Ratna Ghosh of Congress. In 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI (M) defeated Pratap Roy of Congress, Dilip Roy of Congress, Phani Bhusan Das of ICS and Manas Kumar Ganguly of Congress in the respective years.

### 1957-1972

Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1972. Nani Gopal Malakar of CPI won in 1971. Mohammad Karim Baksh, Independent, won in 1969 and 1967. Narendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Haringhata was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Smarajit Bandopadhyay and Promatha Ranjan Thakur, both of Congress, won in 1957. The Haringhata seat was not there in 1951.