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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake census town|Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur|2 its namesake community development block|Itahar}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Itahar 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = ইটাহার
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|25|27|N|88|10|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|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 = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 36
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate
|subdivision_name6 = 164,068 (2011)

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'''Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur 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. 36 Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Itahar (Community development block)|Itahar]] [[Community Development Block in India|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 = 2009-08-29 | publisher = Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Itahar||Banamali Das||[[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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Basanta Lal Chatterjee||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||Indian National Congress<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||Indian National Congress<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||Indian National Congress<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||Indian National Congress<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||[[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]]<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Swadesh Chaki||Communist Party of India<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Dr. Zainal Abedin||Indian National Congress<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||[[Srikumar Mukherjee]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Srikumar Mukherjee]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||[[Srikumar Mukherjee]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Amal Acharjee||[[All India 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 = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Amal Acharjee||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||Mosarraf Hussen||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election results==

===2021===
In the 2021 elections, [[Mosaraf Hussen]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival Amit Kumar Kundu of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].

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

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Mosaraf Hussen
|votes = 114,645
|percentage = 59.10
|change = +6.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Amit Kumar Kundu
|votes = 70,670
|percentage = 36.43
|change = +32.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|votes = 4,908
|percentage = 2.53
|change = -38.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,240
|percentage = 0.64
|change = -0.39
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mojammel Haque
|votes = 1,024
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Mofakkerul Islam
|votes = 831
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Firoj Alam
|votes = 346
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tufan Barman
|votes = 189
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Barman
|votes = 133
|percentage = 0.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 193,986
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, [[Amal Acharjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival [[Srikumar Mukherjee]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

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

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amal Acharjee]]
|votes = 88,507
|percentage = 52.26
|change = +8.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|votes = 69,387
|percentage = 40.97
|change = +2.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Yunish Hoque
|votes = 7,126
|percentage = 4.21
|change = +2.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,743
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Hopna Murmu
|votes = 1,576
|percentage = 0.93
|change = +0.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jainal Abedin
|votes = 1,008
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 169,347
|percentage = 83.74
|change = -1.81
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, [[Amal Acharjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival [[Srikumar Mukherjee]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Itahar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=36|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Itahar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 21 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Amal Acharjee]]
|votes = 61,707
|percentage = 43.95
|change = +31.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Srikumar Mukherjee]]
|votes = 54,655
|percentage = 38.93
|change = -5.02
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Rakbul Boksh
|votes = 16,803
|percentage = 11.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Suman Kumar Acharjee
|votes = 2,794
|percentage = 1.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manik Chandra Sarkar
|votes = 2,222
|percentage = 1.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Hopna Murmu
|votes = 889
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Abdur Razaqque
|votes = 679
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Suleman Hafiji
|votes = 653
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes = 140,402
|percentage = 85.55
|change = +0.03
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing = -1.93#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

.# Md. Rakbul Boksh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate, he was suspended from the party.

===2006===
In the 2006 election, Srikumar Mukherjee of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] defeated Amal Acharjee of [[Indian National Congress|INC]]

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Itahar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=36|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work =Itahar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2006}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Srikumar Mukherjee
|votes = 66,768
|percentage = 43.95
|change = -6.17#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Amal Acharjee
|votes = 66,028
|percentage = 38.93
|change = -8.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dr. Zainal Abedin
|votes = 6,581
|percentage = 11.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Jayanta Sarkar
|votes = 1,999
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Suleman Hafiji
|votes = 1,370
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Ujjwal Kumar Ray
|votes = 1151
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party of India
|candidate = Shovan Lal Mitra
|votes = 660
|percentage =
|change =

}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 140,402
|percentage = 85.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = 1.98#
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Srikumar Mukherjee of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the 36 Itahar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Amal Acharjee of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Dr. Zainal Abedin of [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Dr. Zainal Abedin representing Congress in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Dr. Zainal Abedin of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]]/Congress defeated Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Salil Kumar Guha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp34.htm | title = 34 - Itahar Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Dr. Zainal Abedin of Congress won in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969,<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Banamali Das of Congress won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]

Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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