Nalhati Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 293 Nalhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Nalhati I Nalhati I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region. The ...

CD Block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar

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s of

Murarai II Murarai II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region. Th ...

CD Block. Nalhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 42

Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency) Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are ...

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Rajendra Prasad Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Tapas Kumar Yadav of BJP.

2016

In the 2016 elections, Moinuddin Shams of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA

Abhijit Mukherjee Abhijit Mukherjee (born 2 January 1960) is an Indian politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mukherjee won the 2012 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency by-elec ...

to the Lok Sabha from

Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district. Assembly segments As per orde ...

2011

In the 2011 elections,

(son of

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) of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 assembly state assembly elections, Dipak Chatterjee of

Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

won the Nalhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Walee Mollah of

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. 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

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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.

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.

References

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