Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Hansan | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Hansan Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 24°10′34″N 87°52′56″E / 24.17611°N 87.88222°ECoordinates: 24°10′34″N 87°52′56″E / 24.17611°N 87.88222°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Constituency No. | 292 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 42. Birbhum |
| Electorate (year) | 181,166 (2011) |
Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat now but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes. Hansan is a gram panchayat under Rampurhat intermediate panchayat.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 292 Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Rampurhat II and Nalhati II community development blocks.[1]
Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Hasan of RCPI.
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hansan [2][3][4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| INC | Asit Kumar Mal | 73,370 | 46.73 | -3.17 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | Kamal Hasan | 46,918 | 29.88 | -13.01 | |
| Independent | Md. Rafiuddin | 27,461 | 17.49 | ||
| BJP | Ruparani Mondal | 3,373 | 2.15 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Amal Kumar Mondal | 2,503 | |||
| BSP | Radheshyam Singh | 1,265 | |||
| Janata Party | Jiyar Ali | 1,081 | |||
| Independent | Azizul Hoque | 1,050 | |||
| Turnout | 157,021 | 86.67 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | +9.84 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 6 |  5 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  4 |
| Forward bloc | 1 | 2 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
1977–2006
From 1996 to 2006, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress was elected from the Hansan (SC) assembly constituency. He defeated Khagendtanath Mal of CPI(M) in 2006, Mihir Bain of RCPI(R) in 2001 and 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Trilochan Das of RCPI (RB) defeated Asit Kumar Mal of Congress in 1991. Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated Trilochan Das, Independent in 1987. Trilochan Mal, Independent/RCPI, defeated Asit Kumar Mal Congress/Independent in 1982 and 1977.[5]
1962–1972
Dhanapati Mal of Congress won in 1972. Trilochan Mal of RCI won in 1971. Mrityunjoy Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. S.Prasad of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Hansan seat was not there.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ↑ "Hansan". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Hansan. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Hansan. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ↑ "292 – Hansan (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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