Kharba Assembly constituency

Kharba
Kharba
Former constituency No. 41 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Lok Sabha constituency	Raiganj
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Kharba Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Kharba Assembly constituency and Araidanga Assembly constituency cease to exist from 2011.^[1] There are two new constituencies in the area – Chanchal Assembly constituency and Malatipur Assembly constituency.

Kharba Assembly constituency was part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Tafazzal Hossain		Indian National Congress
1957	Golam Yazdani		Independent politician
1962
1967
1969
1971		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972	Mahabubul Haque		Indian National Congress
1977	Golam Yazdani		Independent politician
1982	Mahabubul Haque		Indian National Congress
1987	Nazmul Hoque		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996	Mahabubul Haque		Indian National Congress
2001
2006
2008^	Asif Mahboob

^ indicates by-election
For MLAs from the area in subsequent years see Chanchal Assembly constituency and Malatipur Assembly constituency

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2008 (By-Poll)		49.57%
2006		50.63%
2001		49.38%
1996		47.13%
1991		43.97%
1987		47.32%
1982		49.33%
1977		44.61%
1972		47.75%
1971		53.65%
1969		54.32%
1967		56.58%
1962		56.87%
1957		54.05%
1951		64.83%

2008 by-election

CAUSE OF VACANCY: Due to death of Shri Mahabubul Haque (Badal)

2008 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asif Mehbub	67,067	49.57
	CPI(M)	Anjumanara	56,674	41.89
	BJP	Sital Chakraborty	6,985	5.16
	AITC	Abdul Khaleque	4,547	3.36
Majority	10,393	7.68
Turnout
	INC hold	Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahabubul Haque (Badal)	66,877	50.63
	CPI(M)	Anjumanara	56,690	42.92
	AITC	Abdul Khaleque	5,405	4.09
	BSP	Sahabuddin	3,120	2.36
Majority	10,187	7.71
Turnout
	INC hold	Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahabubul Haque (Badal)	56,819	49.38
	CPI(M)	Nazmul Hoque	48,395	42.06
	BJP	Dr. Kalyan Pandey	7,003	6.09
	PDS	Mafijuddin Ahmed	2,843	2.47
Majority	8,424	7.32
Turnout	115,083	75.59
	INC hold	Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahbubul Hoque	59,807	47.13
	CPI(M)	Nazmul Hoque	53,077	41.83
	BJP	Subhash Krishna Goswami	10,812	8.52
	CPI(ML)L	Najrul	2,031	1.60
	Independent	Safiqul Islam	655	0.52
	Independent	Baidya Nath Das	287	0.23
	Independent	Kasiruddin Ahmed	230	0.18
Majority	6,730	5.30
Turnout	128,360	88.16
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)	Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nazmul Haque	48,928	43.97
	INC	Mahabubul Haque	46,824	42.08
	BJP	Ashesh Krishan Goswami	12,369	11.12
	IUML	Abdul Sattar	1,245	1.12
	Independent	Dharm Chand Jain	789	0.71
	BSP	Nakul Rabidas	705	0.63
	WPI	Ali Liakat	408	0.37
Majority	2,104	1.89
Turnout	112,971	83.46
	CPI(M) hold	Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nazmul Hoque	44,040	47.32
	INC	Mahbubul Haque	37,803	40.62
	BJP	Sital Chakraborty	6,647	7.14
	IUML	Abdus Sattar	4,571	4.91
Majority	6,237	6.70
Turnout	94,325	83.31
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC	Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahbubul Hoque	40,165	49.33
	CPI(M)	Nazmul Hoque	37,455	46.00
	BJP	Sital Chakraborty	3,805	4.67
Majority	2,710	3.33
Turnout	82,764	85.95
	Swing to INC from Independent	Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Golam Yazdani	24,564	44.61
	INC	Mahabubul Haque	14,779	26.84
	JP	Nizamuddin Choudhury	7,556	13.72
	CPI(M)	Najimul Haque	6,015	10.92
	Independent	Dharma Deb Mondal	2,075	3.77
	Independent	Alijan Mia	69	0.13
Majority	9,785	17.77
Turnout	55,848	68.24
	Swing to Independent from INC	Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahabubul Haque	25,512	47.75
	CPI(M)	Mazimul Haque	24,843	46.50
	INC(O)	Birendra Kumar Maitra	3,074	5.75
Majority	669	1.25
Turnout	54,484	75.61
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)	Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Golam Yazadani	29,283	53.65
	INC	Mahabubul Haque	22,862	41.89
	Independent	Saiyed Ali	1,049	1.92
	INC(O)	Sudhir Kumar Das	788	1.44
	Bangla Congress	Sarkar Borodakanta	595	1.09
Majority	6,421	11.76
Turnout	55,821	78.16
	Swing to CPI(M) from Independent	Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Golam Yazdani	28,025	54.32
	INC	Mahabubul Haque	21,232	41.15
	ABJS	Pinakijoy Bhattacharya	2,334	4.52
Majority	6,793	13.17
Turnout	53,041	78.48
	Independent hold	Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Yazdani	27,627	56.58
	INC	M. Haque	21,201	43.42
Majority	6,426	13.16
Turnout	50,395	77.52
	Independent hold	Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Golam Yazdani	23,664	56.87
	INC	Tafazzal Hossain	15,533	37.33
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Goswami	2,416	5.81
Majority	8,131	19.54
Turnout	44,269	64.93
	Independent hold	Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Golam Yazdani	16,382	54.05
	INC	Tafazzal Hossain	12,152	40.09
	Independent	Aswini Kuma Deb	1,775	5.86
Majority	4,230	13.96
Turnout	30,309	51.33
	Swing to Independent from INC	Swing

1951

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tafazzal Hossain	14,033	64.83
	CPI	Birendra Krishna Goswami	5,639	26.05
	KMPP	Raisuddin Chowdhury	1,975	9.12
Majority	8,394	38.78
Turnout	21,647	43.05
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. ECI. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

25°25′N 88°05′E / 25.42°N 88.08°E / 25.42; 88.08

[1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. ECI. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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