Habra Assembly constituency
State-level election constituency in West Bengal, India
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Habra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
- Indian National Congress (6 times) (33.4%)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (6 times) (33.4%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (4 time) (22.2%)
- Bangla Congress (1 time) (5.55%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.55%)
| Habra | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 100 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Habra Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 242,425 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Jyotipriya Mallick |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 100 Habra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Habra municipality, and Kumra, Pritibha, Rautara and Machhalandpur II gram panchayats of Habra I community development block.[1]
Habra Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Tarun Kanti Ghose | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | J.P. Mukherjee | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Nirode Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Kamal Sengupta (Bose) | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Baren Basu | ||
| 2001 | Tapati Datta | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | P K Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 2011 | Jyotipriya Mallick | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Debdas Mondal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
Jyotipriya Mallick was released on bail in January 2025 after spending approximately 14 to 15 months in jail following his October 27, 2023, arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding a multi-crore ration distribution scam.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Debdas Mondal | 104,645 | 52.66 |  10.2 | |
| AITC | Jyotipriya Mallick | 73,183 | 36.82 |  7.52 | |
| CPI(M) | Rijinandan Biswas | 15,237 | 7.67 | 3.1 | |
| INC | Pronob Bhattacharya | 1,145 | 0.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 988 | 0.5 | 0.13 | |
| Majority | 31,462 | 15.84 | 13.96 | ||
| Turnout | 198,737 | 94.79 | 10.57 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotipriya Mallick | 90,533 | 44.34 | ||
| BJP | Rahul Sinha | 86,692 | 42.46 | ||
| CPI(M) | Rijinandan Biswas | 21,994 | 10.77 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,290 | 0.63 | ||
| Majority | 3,841 | 1.88 | |||
| Turnout | 204,171 | 84.22 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotipriya Mallick | 101,590 | 54.31 | −0.69 | |
| CPI(M) | Ashis Kantha Mukherjee | 55,643 | 29.75 | −9.05 | |
| BJP | Govindo Das | 22,967 | 12.28 | +8.74 | |
| SUCI | Tushar Ghosh | 2,033 | 1.09 | ||
| BSP | Kamalendu Bala | 1,359 | 0.73 | ||
| Turnout | 187,056 | 85.30 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Jyotipriya Mallick of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pranab Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jyotipriya Mallick | 86,218 | 55.00 | +4.87# | |
| CPI(M) | Pranab Bhattacharya | 60,826 | 38.80 | −7.30 | |
| BJP | Utpal Kumar Paul | 5,543 | 3.54 | ||
| BSP | Kamalendu Bala | 2,001 | |||
| Independent | Satyen Roy | 1,288 | |||
| Independent | Amar Krishna Manadal | 877 | |||
| Turnout | 156,753 | 87.63 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 11.67# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006
In the 2006 Assembly elections,[5] P K Bhattacharyya of CPI (M) won the Habra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapati Dutta of Trinamool Congress, who won the 2001 election[6] defeating Amitava Nandy of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996, Baren Basu of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid Mandal of Congress.[7] In 1991[8] and 1987,[9] Kamal Sengupta (Bose) of CPI (M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress. In 1982 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress.[10] In 1977 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Krishnadas Chattopadhyay of Congress.[11][12]
1972
Tarun Kanti Ghose of Congress won in 1972,[13] 1971[14] and 1969.[15] J.P.Mukherjee of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[16] Tarun Kanti Ghose won in 1962,[17]1957[18] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[19]