- Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Nalhati — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
NalhatiCoordinates: 24°18′N 87°49′E / 24.3°N 87.817°ECoordinates: 24°18′N 87°49′E / 24.3°N 87.817°E Country 
IndiaState West Bengal District Birbhum Constituency No. 293 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency Birbhum Electorate (year) 176,536 (2011) Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: নলহাটি বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 293 Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nalhati I community development block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II community development block.[1]
Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Results
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 [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Congress Abhijit Mukherjee 76,047 48.65 +3.22# Forward Bloc 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 156,329 88.55 Congress gain from Forward Bloc Swing +14.71# .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 6 
5Indian National Congress 2 1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 
4Forward bloc 1 1Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 11977–2006
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.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Nalhati". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25293.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nalhati. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=293. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nalhati. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "293 – Nalhati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp293.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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