Hemtabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Hemtabad is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It came into existence in 2011, as per orders of the Delimitation Commission. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.
Hemtabad is part of No. 5 Raiganj.

Members of Legislative Assembly

  1. Debendra Nath Roy joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.

    Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress.
Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP.

2011

In the 2011 election, Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI defeated Sekhar Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.
The Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for the rebel Congress candidate contesting from Hemtabad as an independent candidate, Chittaranjan Roy, who was suspended from the Congress Party.