Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Hansan is an assembly
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Birbhum district
Birbhum district
Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is located at Suri...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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 of West Bengal
West Bengal
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. It is an open seat now but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes. Hansan
Hansan, Birbhum
Rampurhat II is an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Margram police station serves this block...

 is a gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 under Rampurhat
Rampurhat
Rampurhat is a city and a municipality in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a small and peaceful town near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border...

 intermediate panchayat.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 292 Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Rampurhat II and Nalhati II
Nalhati II (community development block)
Nalhati II is an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Nalhati police station serves this block...

 community development blocks
Community Development Block in India
The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

.

Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)
Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)
Birbhum is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal...

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2011

In the 2011 election , Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Hasan of RCPI.

1977–2006

From 1996 to 2006, Asit Kumar Mal of Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 was elected from the Hansan (SC) assembly constituency. He defeated Khagendtanath Mal of CPI(M)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

 in 2006, Mihir Bain of RCPI(R) in 2001 and 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Trilochan Das of RCPI (RB) defeated Asit Kumar Mal of Congress in 1991. Asit Kumar Mal of Congress defeated Trilochan Das, Independent in 1987. Trilochan Mal, Independent/RCPI
Revolutionary Communist Party of India
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, defeated Asit Kumar Mal Congress/Independent in 1982 and 1977.

1962–1972

Dhanapati Mal of Congress won in 1972. Trilochan Mal of RCI won in 1971. Mrityunjoy Mandal of Forward Bloc
All India Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India...

won in 1969. S.Prasad of Congress won in 1967. Prior to that the Hansan seat was not there.
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