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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Farakka 
|official_name =
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 55
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Farakka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 55 Farakka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Farakka (community development block)|Farakka]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Gajinagar Malancha and Kanchantala [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Samserganj (community development block)|Samserganj]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 11 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Farakka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Farakka||Mahammad Giasuddin
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Mahammad Giasuddin|| ||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Mahammad Giasuddin
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||T.A.N.Nabi
|-
|1969||||Shadat Hossain
|-
|1971||||Jerat Ali
|-
|1972||||Jerat Ali
|-
|1977||||[[Abul Hasnat Khan]]
|-
|1982||||Abul Hasnat Khan
|-
|1987||||Abul Hasnat Khan
|-
|1991||||Abul Hasnat Khan
|-
|1996||||Mainul Haque
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Mainul Haque
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Mainul Haque
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Mainul Haque
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Mainul Haque
|}

==Election result==

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, Mainul Haque of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Mustafa of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Farakka constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mainul Haque
|votes = 83,314
|percentage = 51.05
|change = +12.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Md. Mustafa
|votes = 55,147
|percentage = 33.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Indranath Upadhyay
|votes = 15,952
|percentage = 9.77
|change = -9.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welfare Party of India
|candidate = Dr. Rejaul Karim
|votes = 4,022
|percentage = 2.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Khairul Alam
|votes = 1,909
|percentage = 1.17
|change = +0.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,840
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mir Mainul Haque
|votes = 1,014
|percentage = 0.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 163,198
|percentage = 84.99
|change = -4.05
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Mainul Hague of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Salam of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Farakka constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=55|title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Farakka| publisher=Empowering India |access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mainul Haque
|votes = 52,780
|percentage = 38.77
|change = –13.97#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Abdus Salam
|votes = 48,041
|percentage = 35.29
|change = –7.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Hemanta Ghosh
|votes = 26,696
|percentage = 19.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanu Seikh
|votes = 3,914
|percentage = 2.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Satrughna Rabidas
|votes = 1,314
|percentage = 0.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Indian Unity Centre
|candidate = Md. Safikul Islam
|votes = 1,250
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Mahah Saijul Hoque
|votes = 1,122
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
|candidate = [[Baidul]] Haque
|votes = 1,010
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 136,127
|percentage = 89.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = −6.59#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Sanu Seikh, contesting as an independent, was a Congress rebel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076:murshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73:kolkata-plus&from_page=search |title=Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates |work=The Statesman |date=6 April 2011 |access-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612082640/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076%3Amurshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73%3Akolkata-plus&from_page=search |archive-date=12 June 2012 }}</ref>

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]],<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> 2001<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1996<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> state assembly elections, Mainul Haque of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won the Farakka assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Abdus Salam, Mir Tarekul Islam and Abul Hasnat Khan, all of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Abul Hasnat Khan]] of CPI(M) defeated Mainul Haque and Mainul Sheikh, both of Congress, in 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1987<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> respectively, and Jerat Ali, Independent, in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp50.htm |title=50 - Farakka Assembly Constituency |work=Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date= 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Jerat Ali of CPI(M) won in 1972<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Shadat Hossain of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969.<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> T.A.N.Nabi of Bangla Congress won in 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mahammad Giasuddin of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]],<ref name="vidhansabha1962">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name="vidhansabha1952">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf|access-date=20 July 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Murshidabad topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Murshidabad district]]

Farakka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

EloyNoble34: adjust information to improve readability for accuracy

>Diptyajit at 16:37, 5 January 2022

>AnomieBOT: Rescuing orphaned refs ("vidhansabha2011" from rev 1037127973)