# Nalhati Assembly constituency

Nalhati Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 293 Nalhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nalhati I CD Block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II CD Block.
Nalhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 elections, Rajendra Prasad Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Tapas Kumar Yadav of BJP.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Nalhati :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rajendra Prasad Singh | 117,438 | 56.54 | +11.21 |
| | BJP | Tapas Kumar Yadav (Ananda Yadav) | 60,533 | 29.15 | +18.80 |
| | AIFB | Dipak Chatterjee | 21,328 | 10.27 | −29.44 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,900 | 0.91 | +0.06 |
| | Independent | Moinuddin Shams | 1,832 | 0.88 | |
| | BMP | Manik Hansda | 1,586 | 0.76 | |
| | BSP | Dinabandhu Mondal | 1,031 | 0.50 | −1.70 |
| | JD(U) | Amarjit Fulmali | 984 | 0.47 | |
| | Justice And Development Party | Md. Monibur Rahaman | 617 | 0.30 | |
| | Independent | Abdus Salam | 447 | 0.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 207,696 | 84.83 | −0.09 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 elections, Moinuddin Shams of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Nalhati :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Moniuddin Shams | 83,412 | 45.33 | +17.28 |
| | AIFB | Dipak Chatterjee | 73,084 | 39.71 | +6.72 |
| | BJP | Anil Singha | 19,046 | 10.35 | +3.07 |
| | BSP | Dinabandhu Mondal | 4,053 | 2.20 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Abdus Salam | 1,885 | 1.02 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,563 | 0.85 | |
| | Independent | Sukanta Ghosh | 979 | 0.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,022 | 84.92 | −0.84 |
| | AITC gain from AIFB | AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | | |

### 2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA Abhijit Mukherjee to the Lok Sabha from Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
By-election, 2013: Nalhati :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIFB | Dipak Chatterjee | 55,341 | 32.99 | −5.96 |
| | INC | Abdur Rahaman | 47,595 | 28.38 | −20.27 |
| | AITC | Biplab Kumar Ojha | 47,041 | 28.05 | +28.05 |
| | BJP | Anil Singha | 12,219 | 7.28 | +0.46 |
| | AIUDF | Md. Noorul Hoda | 1,953 | 1.16 | |
| | Independent | Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay | 1,368 | | |
| | JP | Nurul Islam | 1,227 | | |
| | Independent | Kaosar Sekh | 957 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,746 | 4.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,701 | 85.76 | |
| | AIFB gain from INC | AIFB gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 elections, Abhijit Mukherjee (son of Pranab Mukherjee) of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nalhati :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Abhijit Mukherjee | 76,047 | 48.65 | +3.22# |
| | AIFB | Dipak Chatterjee | 60,887 | 38.95 | −11.49 |
| | BJP | Anil Singha | 10,656 | 6.82 | |
| | BSP | Bikash Mondal | 2,717 | 1.74 | |
| | Independent | Rudra Deb Ghosh | 1,516 | | |
| | Independent | Ajrail Md. | 1,258 | | |
| | SUCI | Rafiqul Hasan | 1,123 | | |
| | Independent | Prabhat Kumar Mondal | 912 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,329 | 88.55 | |
| | INC gain from AIFB | INC gain from AIFB | Swing | +14.71# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 assembly state assembly elections, Dipak Chatterjee of Forward Bloc won the Nalhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Walee Mollah of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996 Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc defeated Sharif Hossain of Congress. Sattick Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madan Mohan Mandal of BJP in 1991, Brindaban Saha of Congress in 1987 and Sachidanandan Sau of Congress in 1982. Bhabani Prasad Chattopadhyay of Forward Bloc defeated Abhoy Charan Das of Congress in 1977.

### 1951–1972

Golam Mohiuddin, Independent, won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Shiromani Prasad of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Nalhati was a joint seat. Mohammad Yeakub Hossain and Sisir Kumar Saha, both of Congress, won from Nalhati. In independent India's first election in 1951 Mohammad Yeakub Hossain of Congress won.