Maldaha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 50 Maldaha Assembly constituency (SC) covers Old Malda Municipality, Old Malda, Narhatta gram panchayat of English Bazar community development block, and Aiho, Rishipur and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Habibpur community development block.

Maldah Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1951Nikunja Behari GuptaIndian National Congress
Raipada DasIndependent politician
1957Nikunja Behari GuptaIndian National Congress
Matia Murmu
1962Dharanidhar SarkarCommunist Party of India
1967S. MiaIndian National Congress
1969Mahammad Gafurur Rahman
1971
1972
1972^Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1977Subhendu ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India
1982Phani Bhusan RoyIndian National Congress
1987Subhendu ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India
1991
1996Phani Bhusan RoyIndian National Congress
2001Subhendu ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India
2006
2011Bhupendra Nath HalderIndian National Congress
2016
2021Gopal Chandra SahaBharatiya Janata Party
  • ^ by-election

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPGopal Chandra Saha
AITCLipika Barman Ghosh
CPIDipak Barman
INCBhupendra Nath
BSPHaridas Karmakar
JUPKalyan Rajbanshi
SUCI(C)Basudeb Sarkar
NOTANone of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021

In the 2021 election, Gopal Chandra Saha of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPGopal Chandra Saha93,39845.23+29.28
AITCUjjwal Kumar Chowdhury77,94237.75+7.65
INCBhupendra Nath Halder26,56312.86−35.50
NOTANone of the above2,8181.36+0.15
INDSujit Kumar Moulik2,1281.03
Majority15,4567.58
Turnout2,06,71184.04
BJP gain from INCSwing

2016

In the 2016 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dulal Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCBhupendra Nath Halder88,24348.36+1.81
AITCDulal Sarkar (Babla)54,93430.10
BJPGopal Chandra Saha29,11115.95+6.95
JDPSwapan Sarkar2,7031.48
NOTANone of the above2,2041.21
Majority33,30918.25
Turnout1,82,56486.41
INC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rahul Ranjan Das of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Maldaha
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCBhupendra Nath Halder68,15546.55+3.43#
CPI(M)Rahul Ranjan Das57,40039.21−1.94
BJPKusum Roy13,1809.00
INDNiren Rajbanshi3,0662.09
INDDebashis Sarkar2,3521.60
Majority10,7557.35
Turnout1,46,46986.39
INC gain from CPI(M)Swing+5.37#

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

1977–2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) won the Maldaha (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bhupendra Nath Halder of Congress and Phani Bhusan Roy of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1996. Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress defeated Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 1982. Subhendu Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Phani Bhusan Roy of Congress in 1977.

1951–1972

Mahammad Gafurur Rahaman of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. S.Mia of Congress won in 1967. Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won in 1962. Malda was a joint seat in 1957 and 1951. Nikunja Behari Gupta and Matla Murmu, both of Congress, won in 1957. Nikunja Behari Gupta of Congress and Raipada Das, Independent, won in independent India's first election in 1951.