Hirapur Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in

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in the

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Overview

Hirapur assembly constituency was part of

Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency) Asansol Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Asansol in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 40 Asansol Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Bard ...

. The Delimitation Commission abolished Hirapur as an assembly constituency in 2011. The area is now covered under Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency.

Election results

1977-2006

Amitava Mukhopadhyay of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

won the Hirapur assembly seat in 2006, defeating his nearest rival Moloy Ghatak of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Moloy Ghatak of Trinamool Congress defeated Dilip Ghosh (Independent). In 1996, Shyamadas Banerjee of Congress defeated Mumtaz Hussein of

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. In 1991, Mumtaz Hussein of JD defeated Suhrid Basu Mallick of Congress. In 1987, Suhrid Basu Mallick of Congress defeated

Bamapada Mukherjee Bampada Mukherjee was an Indian politician. He was elected as MLA of Hirapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency in 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1982. He was the first Mayor of Asansol Municipal Corporation Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) (আসান� ...

of CPI (M). In 1982,

of CPI (M) defeated Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In 1977,

of CPI (M) defeated Santimoy Aich of Congress.

1957-1972

In 1972, Triptimoy Aich of Congress won the Hirapur seat. In 1971 and 1969, Bamapada Mukherjee of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Shibdas Ghatak of Congress won the seat. In 1962, Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In 1957, Taher Hossain (Independent) won the seat. Prior to that the Burnpur area was part of Asansol assembly constituency.Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, ''Asansol Parikrama'' (History of Asansol), , pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.

References

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