Hemtabad Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Hemtabad.

Hemtabad (SC) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Hemtabad (SC)
Constituency No. 33 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Hemtabad Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raiganj
Established	2011
Total electors	246,863
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Haripada Barman
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad Assembly constituency (SC) covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.

Hemtabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2011	Khagendra Nath Sinha		Communist Party of India
2016	Debendra Nath Roy
2021	Satyajit Barman		All India Trinamool Congress
2026	Haripada Barman		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Haripada Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival outgoing mla Satyajit Barman of TMC by 12361 votes.

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Hemtabad (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Haripada Barman	115,529	48.26	8.31
	AITC	Satyajit Barman	103,168	43.1	9.04
	INC	Anamika Roy	9,587	4.01
	CPI(M)	Tanushree Das	5,017	2.1	2.13
	NOTA	None of the above	757	0.32	0.65
Majority			12,361	5.16	7.03
Turnout			239,372	96.97	12.81
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	8.67

2021

In the 2021 election, Satyajit Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Chandima Roy of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hemtabad (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satyajit Barman	116,425	52.14
	BJP	Chandima Roy	89,210	39.95
	CPI(M)	Bhupen Barman	9,453	4.23
	NOTA	None of the above	2,160	0.97
Majority			27,215	12.19
Turnout			223,301	84.16
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hemtabad (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Debendra Nath Roy	80,419	40.67	−4.84
	AITC	Sabita Kshetry	67,283	34.03	+11.23
	BJP	Bhanu Ram Barman	40,795	20.63	+15.09
	NOTA	None of the above	2,437	1.23	+1.23
	BSP	Alakesh Barman	2,065	1.04
	SUCI(C)	Jyotirmay Barman	2,048	1.04
Turnout			197,736	85.00	−0.01
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP.

2011

In the 2011 election, Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hemtabad (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Nath Sinha	71,557	45.51
	AITC	Sekhar Chandra Roy	35,849	22.80
	Independent	Chitta Ranjan Ray	30,923	19.67
	BJP	Bhanu Ram Barman	8,708	5.54
	Independent	Mamata Adhikary	4,292	2.73
	RPI(A)	Mohanta Barman	2,300
	BSP	Pabitra Kumar Biswas	2,118
	Independent	Uttam Barman	1,496
Turnout			157,239	85.01

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.