Habra is a semi-urban assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, situated north of Kolkata along a busy trade corridor. The constituency blends urban township areas with surrounding agricultural villages and is home to a diverse population of traders, industrial workers and farmers. Habra has been a keenly contested seat, and the narrow 2021 margin has made it one of the more closely watched constituencies ahead of 2026.
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the seat was won by Jyotipriya Mallick of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). He secured victory over the nearest rival from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 3,841 votes. The result reflected the broader political alignment in the constituency and underlined the dominant party's organisational strength in the area.
Urban infrastructure — including roads, drainage and public transport — is a major concern for Habra's semi-urban population. The local economy, driven by trade and small industry, is affected by broader economic pressures and residents seek better employment opportunities. Law and order and civic amenity delivery are consistently debated political themes. Agricultural concerns persist in the rural pockets of the constituency, where irrigation and crop support schemes are demanded. The 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections are shaping up as a high-stakes contest between the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is seeking to make major inroads into the state. With anti-incumbency, law-and-order concerns and welfare delivery all playing a role, every constituency is expected to be closely watched. Trinamool Congress has fielded Jyotipriya Mallick while BJP has fielded Debdas Mandal for the 2026 election.