# Haroa Assembly constituency

Haroa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 121 Haroa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashan gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats of Deganga community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats of Haroa community development block.
Haroa Assembly constituency is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1951 | Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar | Indian National Congress |
| 1951 | Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Jehangir Kabir | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jehangir Kabir | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Gangadhar Pramanick | Bangla Congress |
| 1969 | Brajendra Nath Sarkar | Bangla Congress |
| 1971 | Gangadhar Pramanick | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Gangadhar Pramanick | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 1982 | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 1987 | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 1991 | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 1996 | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 2001 | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India |
| 2006 | Ashim Kumar Das | Communist Party of India |
| 2011 | Julfiquer Ali Molla | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Haji Nurul Islam | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Haji Nurul Islam | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2024 By-election | Sheikh Rabiul Islam |

## Election Results
### 2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Haroa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sheikh Rabiul Islam | 157,072 | 76.63 | 19.29 |
| | ISF | Piyarul Islam | 25,684 | 12.53 | 9.2 |
| | BJP | Bimal Das | 13,570 | 6.62 | 10.31 |
| | INC | Habib Reza Chowdhury | 3,765 | 1.84 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,027 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 120,709 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 201,118 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Haroa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Haji Nurul Islam | 130,398 | 57.34 | +1.01 |
| | ISF | Kutubuddin Fathe | 49,420 | 21.73 | New |
| | BJP | Rajendra Saha (Somu) | 38,506 | 16.93 | +11.41 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,930 | 1.29 | −0.08 |
| | Independent | Md. Kutubuddin | 2,484 | 1.09 | |
| | United Socialist Party | Akher Ali Molla | 2,401 | 1.06 | |
| | Justice and Development Party | Abul Kalam | 1,256 | 0.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 227,395 | 87.73 | +0.95 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Haroa constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Haji Nurul Islam | 113,001 | 56.33 | +10.63 |
| | CPI(M) | Imtiaz Hossain | 70,594 | 35.19 | −9.84 |
| | BJP | Manmatha Bachar | 11,078 | 5.52 | +1.10 |
| | BSP | Md. Nazrul Islam | 3,208 | 1.60 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,741 | 1.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 200,622 | 86.78 | +3.09 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Haroa constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Julfiquer Ali Molla | 76,627 | 45.70 | +5.84# |
| | CPI(M) | Imtiaz Hossain | 75,503 | 45.03 | −10.40 |
| | BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | 7,409 | 4.42 | |
| | People’s Democratic Conference of India | Wallur Rahman | 3,910 | | |
| | Independent | Golam Faruque Mollah | 2,401 | | |
| | BSP | Dilip Bairagi | 1,828 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,678 | 89.87 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 16.64# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Asim Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kshiti Ranjan Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 2001 and 1996, Kumud Ranjan Roy of Congress in 1991, Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 1987, Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress in 1982 and Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977.

### 1951–1972

Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969. Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967. Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of CPI won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.