Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per the orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 46 Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency covers Harishchandrapur II community development block (CDB) and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur gram panchayats of Harischandrapur I CDB.
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 Year Name Party 1951 Ram Hari Roy 1957 Md. Elias Razi 1962 Birendra Kumar Moitra 1967Md. Elias Razi 1969 1971 1972 Goutam Chakravarty 1977 Birendra Kumar Moitra 1982 Abdul Wahed 1987 Birendra Kumar Moitra 1991 1996 2001 Mostaque Alam 2006 Tajmul Hossain 2011 2016 Mostaque Alam 2021 Tajmul Hossain 2026Md. Matibur Rahaman
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011 In the 2011 election, Tajamul Hossain of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress.
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.
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