# Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 46 Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency covers Harishchandrapur II community development block and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur gram panchayats of Harischandrapur I community development block.
Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Harishchandrapur | Ram Hari Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Md. Elias Razi | Independent |
| 1962 | | Birendra Kumar Moitra | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Md. Elias Razi | Independent |
| 1969 | | Md. Elias Razi | Workers Party of India |
| 1971 | | Md. Elias Razi | Workers Party of India |
| 1972 | | Goutam Chakravarty | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Birendra Kumar Moitra | Janata Party |
| 1982 | | Abdul Wahed | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | | Birendra Kumar Moitra | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1991 | | Birendra Kumar Moitra | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1996 | | Birendra Kumar Motra | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2001 | | MostaqueAlam | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | | Tajmul Hossain | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2011 | | Tajmul Hossain | All India Forward Bloc/Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Mostaque Alam | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | | Tajmul Hossain | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Harishchandrapur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Tajmul Hossain | 122,527 | 60.00 |
| | BJP | Md. Matiur Rahaman | 45,054 | 22.00 |
| | INC | Mostaque Alam | 29,396 | 14.00 |
| | | Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) | ~6,000 | 2.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77,473 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Harishchandrapur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Alam Mostaque | 95075 | 55.39 |
| | AITC | Tajmul Hossain | 42190 | 24.52 |
| | BJP | Sanvarlal Kedia | 25889 | 15.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17857 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | INC gain from AITC | INC gain from AITC | Swing | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Tajamul Hossain of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Harishchandrapur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIFB | Tajmul Hossain | 62,019 | 46.19 | −0.48 |
| | INC | Mostaque Alam | 59,578 | 44.37 | −0.80 |
| | BJP | Rina Saha | 6,033 | 4.49 | |
| | BSP | Efrajul Hoque | 3,876 | 2.89 | |
| | Independent | Monowara Begam | 1,815 | | |
| | Independent | Gouri Sankar Kedia | 942 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,263 | 83.63 | |
| | AIFB hold | AIFB hold | Swing | +0.32 | |

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Tajmul Hossain of Forward Bloc won the Harishchandrapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mostaque Alam of Congress defeated Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc in 2001. Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc defeated Mostaque Alam of Congress in 1996 and Abdul Wahed of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Abdul Wahed of Congress defeated Subhash Chaudhury of Forward Bloc in 1982. Birendra Kumar Maitra of Janata Party defeated Mohammad Elias Razi of WPI in 1977.

### 1951–1972

Goutam Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972. Md. Elias Razi of WPI/ Independent won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Birendra Kumar Maitra of Congress won in 1962. Md. Elias Razi contesting as an independent candidate won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Ramhari Roy of Congress won the Harishchandrapur seat.