Haroa is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. Haroa is an open seat from 2011 but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, 121 Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Falti Beleghata, Dadpur, Kiritipur I, Kiritipur II, Shashan gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Barasat II

Barasat II (Community development block)

Barasat II is an administrative division in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Barasat and Airport police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Krishnapur...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

, Champatala, Deganga I, Deganga II, Hadipur Jhikra II gram panchayats of Deganga community development block, and 3. Gopalpur I, Gopalpur II, Haroa and Khasbalanda gram panchayats of Haroa community development block.

Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Basirhat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Basirhat in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

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2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs...

, Asim Kumar Das of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the 97 Haroa (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mrityunjoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kshiti Ranjan Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 2001 and 1996, Kumud Ranjan Roy of Congress in 1991, Lakshmikanta Mondal of Congress in 1986, Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress in 1982 and Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Janata Party

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 in 1977.

1951-1972

Gangadhar Pramanick of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Brajendra Nath Sarkar of Bangla Congress

Bangla Congress

The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...

 won in 1969. Gangadhar Pramanick representing Bangla Congress won in 1967. Jehangir Kabir of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1962 was a part of a series of state assembly elections in 1962.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

 and 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

. In independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of CPI

Communist Party of India

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won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.