Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency is a
Legislative Assembly constituency of
South 24 Parganas
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district in the
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State
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of
West Bengal
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.
Overview
As per order of the
Delimitation Commission
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in respect of the
Delimitation of constituencies
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, Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
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Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour is a town and municipality located in the South 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River, it serves as the administrative headquarters of the Diamond Harbour su ...
municipality
* Basuldanga, Bolsiddhi Kalinagar, Derak, Harindanga, Kanpur Dhanaberia, Mashat and Parulia gram panchayats of
Diamond Harbour I
Diamond Harbour I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
The Diamond Harbour I CD block is located at . ...
community development block
* Kamarpole, Khorda, Mathur, Nurpur, Patra and Sarisa gram panchayats of
Diamond Harbour II community development block
Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21
Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)
Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constitu ...
.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election Results
2021
2016
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006
In 2006
[ and 2001,][ Rishi Halder of ]CPI(M)
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won the Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals Subhashis Chakraborty of AITC and Amjad Ali Sardar of AITC respectively. Sheikh Daulat Ali of INC defeated Abdul Quiyom Molla of CPI(M)
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in 1996.[ Abdul Quiyom Molla of ]CPI(M)
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defeated Nazrul Islam Molla of INC in 1991,[ Monoranjan Kayal of INC in 1987,][ Dibakar Ghosh of INC in 1982,][ and Sankari Prasad Mondal of ]Janata Party
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The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
in 1977.
Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972
Daulat Ali Sheikh of INC won in 1972.[ Abdul Quiyom Molla of ]CPI(M)
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won in 1971,[ 1969][ and 1967.][ Jagadish Chandra Halder of INC won in 1962.][ Ramanuj Halder of PSP won in 1957.][ Charu Chandra Bhandari of KMPP won in 1952.][
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Constituencies established in 1951
1951 establishments in West Bengal