| 1 | A | B | C | D |
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| 2 | Haringhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Members of Legislative Assembly |  |  |  |
| 3 | Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 4 | 1957 | Haringhata | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | - | - | Promatha Ranjan Thakur | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | 1962 | - | Narendra Nath Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | 1967 | - | Mohammad Karim Baksh | Independent |
| 8 | 1969 | - | Mohammad Karim Baksh | Independent |
| 9 | 1971 | - | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India |
| 10 | 1972 | - | Sakti Kumar Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India |
| 11 | 1977 | - | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 12 | 1982 | - | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 13 | 1987 | - | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 14 | 1991 | - | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 15 | 1996 | - | Mili Hira | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 16 | 2001 | - | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 17 | 2006 | - | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 18 | 2011 | - | Nilima Nag (Mallick) | All India Trinamool Congress |

Question: When has an independent politician won election to the Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Mohammad Karim Baksh was an Independent when he won in 1969 and 1967.