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|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Malda district|Malda]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 46
|subdivision_type4 = Type
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|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|7. Maldaha Uttar]]
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|subdivision_name6 = 160,562 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 214,992 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 252,487 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>

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'''Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. Current MLA is [[Tajmul Hossain]] leader of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tajmul Hossain(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- HARISCHANDRAPUR(MALDA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:|url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=545|access-date=2021-09-04|website=myneta.info}}</ref>

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 46 Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency covers [[Harishchandrapur II (Community development block)|Harishchandrapur II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Bhingole, Harishchandrapur and Mahendrapur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Harishchandrapur I (Community development block)|Harischandrapur I]] 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 = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Harishchandrapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Harishchandrapur||Ram Hari Roy||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||[[Md. Elias Razi]]||Independent<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Birendra Kumar Moitra||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Md. Elias Razi||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Md. Elias Razi||[[Workers Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Md. Elias Razi||Workers Party of India<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Goutam Chakravarty||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Birendra Kumar Moitra||[[Janata Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Abdul Wahed||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Birendra Kumar Moitra||[[All India Forward Bloc]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Birendra Kumar Moitra||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Birendra Kumar Motra||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Alam Mostaque||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Tajmul Hossain||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Tajmul Hossain||All India Forward Bloc/[[Trinamool Congress]]<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 west Bengal assembly election]]
|
|Alam Mostaque
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|}

==Election results==
===2021===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Harishchandrapur constituency }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tajmul Hossain
|votes = 122,527
|percentage = 60.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Md. Matiur Rahaman
|votes = 45,054
|percentage = 22.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mustaq Alam
|votes = 29,396
|percentage = 14.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party =
|candidate = Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)
|votes = ~6,000
|percentage = 2.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 77,473
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Indian National Congress
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

'''<big>2016</big>'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+West Bengal Assembly elections, 2016: Harishchandrapur constituency
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!±
|-
|
|INC
|ALAM MOSTAQUE
|60047
|34.90
|
|-
|
|AITC
|TAJMUL HOSSAIN
|42190
|24.52
|
|-
|
|AIFB
|ALAM MD. RAFIQUL
|35075
|20.39
|
|-
|
|BJP
|SANVARLAL KEDIA
|25889
|15.05
|
|-
|
|BSP
|EFRAJUL HOQUE
|3460
|2.01
|
|}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Tajamul Hossain of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Mostaque Alam of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Harishchandrapur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=46 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Harishchandrapur | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Tajmul Hossain
|votes = 62,019
|percentage = 46.19
|change = -0.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mostaque Alam
|votes = 59,578
|percentage = 44.37
|change = -0.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rina Saha
|votes = 6,033
|percentage = 4.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Efrajul Hoque
|votes = 3,876
|percentage = 2.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Monowara Begam
|votes = 1,815
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Gouri Sankar Kedia
|votes = 942
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 134,263
|percentage = 83.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = +0.32
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Tajmul Hossain of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won the Harishchandrapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Alam Mostaque of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Alam Mostaque of Congress defeated Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Birendra Kumar Maitra of Forward Bloc defeated Alam Mostaque of Congress in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and Abdul Wahed of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Abdul Wahed of Congress defeated Subhash Chaudhury of Forward Bloc in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Birendra Kumar Maitra of [[Janata Party]] defeated Mohammad Elias Razi of [[Workers Party of India|WPI]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp42.htm | title = 42 - Harishchandrapur Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Goutam Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Md. Elias Razi of WPI/ Independent won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Birendra Kumar Maitra of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Md. Elias Razi contesting as an independent candidate won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Ramhari Roy of Congress won the Harishchandrapur seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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