Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Nalhati | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Nalhati
 Nalhati
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| Coordinates: 24°18′N 87°49′E / 24.300°N 87.817°ECoordinates: 24°18′N 87°49′E / 24.300°N 87.817°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Constituency No. | 293 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Electorate (year) | 176,536 (2011) |
Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 293 Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nalhati I community development block, and Kushmore I, Kushmore II and Rudranagar gram panchayats of Murarai II community development block.
Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).
The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the election of the sitting MLA Abhijit Mukherjee to the Lok Sabha from Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 elections, Abhijit Mukherjee (son of Pranab Mukherjee) of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)
In the 2006 assembly state assembly elections, Dipak Chatterjee of Forward Bloc won the Nalhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Walee Mollah of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996 Kalimuddin Shams of Forward Bloc defeated Sharif Hossain of Congress. Sattick Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madan Mohan Mandal of BJP in 1991, Brindaban Saha of Congress in 1987 and Sachidanandan Sau of Congress in 1982. Bhabani Prasad Chattopadhyay of Forward Bloc defeated Abhoy Charan Das of Congress in 1977.
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