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Habibpur
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| Constituency No | 43 |
| Type | Reserved for ST |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 7. Maldaha Uttar |
| Electorate (year) | 186,972 (2011) |
Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: হাবিবপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 43 Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) covers Bamangola community development block and Aktail, Baidyapur, Bulbul Chandi, Dhumpur, Habibpur, Jajail, Kanturka and Mangalpur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block.[1]
Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 election , Khagen Murmu of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mohan Tudu of Trinamool Congress.
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Habibpur [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI(M) | Khagen Murmu | 59,286 | 37.60 | -8.07 | |
| Trinamool Congress | Mohan Tudu | 57,028 | 36.10 | +29.52# | |
| BJP | Krishna Chandra Munda | 31,638 | 20.07 | -17.14 | |
| Independent | Amin Tudu | 6,244 | 3.96 | ||
| BSP | Jageswar Hembram | 346 | |||
| Turnout | 157,662 | 84.32 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -20.25# | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest in 2006, but had supported BJP. Swing based on Congress vote percentage in 2006. BJP's negative swing in 2011 also adjusted in the final swing.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Indian National Congress | 8 | 4 |
| Trinamool Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 2 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 1 |
| Forward bloc | 1 | 0 |
In the 2006 state assembly elections Khagen Murmu of CPI(M) won the Habibpur (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramlal Hansda of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jadu Hembrom of CPI(M) defeated Ramlal Hansda of BJP in 2001 and Lucas Hembram of Congress in 1996. Sarkar Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Gopinath Murmu of Congress in 1991, Moshi Charan Tudu of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and Bobila Murmu of Janata Party in 1977.[5]
Rabindranath Murmu of CPI won in 1972. Sarkar Murmu, Independent, won in 1971. Nimai Chand Murmu of CPI won in 1969. B.Murmu of Congress won in 1967. Nimai Chand Murmu of CPI won in 1962. Prior to that the constituency did not exist.[6]
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