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| |settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
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| |pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
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| |map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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| |coordinates = {{coord|24|49|N|87|54|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}
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| |subdivision_type = Country
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| |subdivision_name = {{IND}}
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| |subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
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| |subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| |subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
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| |subdivision_name2 = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
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| |subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
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| |subdivision_name3 = 55
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| |subdivision_type4 = Type
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| |subdivision_name4 = Open
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| |subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| |subdivision_name5 = [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|8. Maldaha Dakshin]]
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| |subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
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| |subdivision_name6 = 153,081 (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> 192,011 (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> 227,549 (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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| '''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]].
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| ==Overview==
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| 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>
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| 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)]].
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| ==Members of Legislative Assembly==
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| {| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
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| ! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party
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| |[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Farakka||Mahammad Giasuddin
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| |[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Mahammad Giasuddin
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| |[[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>
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| |[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Mahammad Giasuddin
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| |[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||T.A.N.Nabi
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| |1969||||Shadat Hossain
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| |1971||||Jerat Ali
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| |1972||||Jerat Ali
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| |1977||||[[Abul Hasnat Khan]]
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| |1982||||Abul Hasnat Khan
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| |1987||||Abul Hasnat Khan
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| |1991||||Abul Hasnat Khan
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| |1996||||Mainul Haque
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| |[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Mainul Haque
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| |[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Mainul Haque
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| |[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Mainul Haque
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| |[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Mainul Haque
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| |[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||Manirul Islam
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| |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
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| ==Election result==
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| ===2016===
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| In the 2016 elections, Mainul Haque of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Mustafa of Trinamool Congress.
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| {{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Farakka constituency}}
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Indian National Congress
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| |candidate = Mainul Haque
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| |votes = 83,314
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| |percentage = 51.05
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| |change = +12.38
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = All India Trinamool Congress
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| |candidate = Md. Mustafa
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| |votes = 55,147
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| |percentage = 33.79
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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| |candidate = Indranath Upadhyay
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| |votes = 15,952
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| |percentage = 9.77
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| |change = -9.84
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Welfare Party of India
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| |candidate = Dr. Rejaul Karim
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| |votes = 4,022
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| |percentage = 2.46
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Bahujan Samaj Party
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| |candidate = Khairul Alam
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| |votes = 1,909
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| |percentage = 1.17
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| |change = +0.20
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| }}
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = None of the above
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| |candidate = [[None of the above]]
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| |votes = 1,840
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| |percentage = 1.13
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate
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| |party = Independent
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| |candidate = Mir Mainul Haque
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| |votes = 1,014
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| |percentage = 0.62
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| |change =
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| {{Election box turnout
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| |votes = 163,198
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| |percentage = 84.99
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| |change = -4.05
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| {{Election box hold with party link
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| |winner = Indian National Congress
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| |swing =
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| {{Election box end}}
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| ===2011===
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| In the 2011 elections, Mainul Hague of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Salam of CPI(M).
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| {{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>}} | | {{Redirect category shell| |
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Indian National Congress
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| |candidate = Mainul Haque
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| |votes = 52,780
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| |percentage = 38.77
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| |change = –13.97#
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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| |candidate = Abdus Salam
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| |votes = 48,041
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| |percentage = 35.29
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| |change = –7.38
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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| |candidate = Hemanta Ghosh
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| |votes = 26,696
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| |percentage = 19.61
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate
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| |party = Independent
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| |candidate = Sanu Seikh
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| |votes = 3,914
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| |percentage = 2.88
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Bahujan Samaj Party
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| |candidate = Satrughna Rabidas
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| |votes = 1,314
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| |percentage = 0.97
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate
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| |party = Indian Unity Centre
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| |candidate = Md. Safikul Islam
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| |votes = 1,250
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| |percentage =
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate with party link
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| |party = Social Democratic Party of India
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| |candidate = Mahah Saijul Hoque
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| |votes = 1,122
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| |percentage =
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| |change =
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| {{Election box candidate
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| |party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
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| |candidate = [[Baidul]] Haque
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| |votes = 1,010
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| |percentage =
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| |change =
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| {{Election box turnout
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| |votes = 136,127
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| |percentage = 89.04
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| |change =
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| {{Election box hold with party link
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| |winner = Indian National Congress
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| |swing = −6.59#
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| {{Election box end}}
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| 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>
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| <small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
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| ===1977–2006===
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| 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>
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| ===1951–1972===
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| 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>
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